Liverpool boss Arne Slot explained Tuesday's Champions League shootout loss on penalties to Paris St-Germain as "the very best video game of football I've been involved with", Even with his facet exiting the Competitiveness as a result.

Right after getting rid of last week's to start with leg 1-0 in Paris, the website visitors levelled the tie at Anfield on combination owing to Ousmane Dembele's 12th-minute strike.

Liverpool had a lot of likelihood to attain them selves, but the sport went to additional time and was decided on place-kicks, wherever PSG keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma saved from Darwin Nunez and Curtis Jones, right before Want Doue fired residence to seal a 4-1 good results.

"It had been the top video game of soccer I have ever been involved in," Slot stated on Amazon Prime.

"It was an unbelievable general performance, particularly when you Look at it with very last 7 days. Possibly we ran from luck because the margins were so small.

"We performed the proper match, apart from scoring a objective. It was comparable to Paris previous week, every time they performed the ideal sport and failed to score. After which in extra time, they were being probably a little bit better."

Defeat leaves Liverpool having a domestic double to Participate in for.

By using a 15-place direct at the best, the Reds are all but selected of winning the Leading League, although they face Newcastle from the Carabao Cup final at Wembley on Sunday.

"We have been very good and you would like to go as considerably as you can, but we understood after we drew Paris that it was destined to be very difficult," admitted Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk.

"In Paris, we struggled but we gained. Now we noticed an excellent Liverpool side, but we're out of your Competitiveness."

Scotland left-back again Andy Robertson explained the main target will flip to Newcastle now as he additional: "It wasn't meant to be and we have to dust ourselves down. We normally bounce back, there's a wide range of exhausted legs in there. Cup finals, we delight in them, and that is the largest video game."

PSG manager Luis Enrique felt Liverpool ended up unfortunate as he stated: "Equally of your teams deserve to Visit the following section.

"They performed better than us right here, but I think my group at Anfield, in the Exclusive stadium confirmed wonderful temperament and character.

"I believe it reveals clearly the team we're."