Liverpool boss Arne Slot described Tuesday's Champions League shootout decline on penalties to Paris St-Germain as "the ideal recreation of soccer I have been associated with", Irrespective of his side exiting the Level of competition Because of this.
Immediately after getting rid of last week's 1st leg one-0 in Paris, the visitors levelled the tie at Anfield on aggregate as a result of Ousmane Dembele's twelfth-moment strike.
Liverpool had lots of odds to attain by themselves, but the sport went to extra time and was decided on spot-kicks, the place PSG keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma saved from Darwin Nunez and Curtis Jones, in advance of Desire Doue fired house to seal a 4-1 success.
"It was the very best sport of football I have at any time been linked to," Slot reported on Amazon Key.
"It absolutely was an unbelievable functionality, particularly if you Examine it with previous week. Maybe we ran outside of luck as the margins have been so tiny.
"We played the right game, aside from scoring a purpose. It had been similar to Paris past 7 days, after they played the best video game and didn't rating. After which in extra time, they were being possibly a little bit superior."
Defeat leaves Liverpool by using a domestic double to Perform for.
Which has a 15-place direct at the top, the Reds are all but sure of winning the Leading League, while they facial area Newcastle inside the Carabao Cup remaining at Wembley on Sunday.
"We have been pretty good and you need to go as significantly as possible, but we knew whenever we drew Paris that it was destined to be very difficult," admitted Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk.
"In Paris, we struggled but we won. Currently we observed an excellent Liverpool facet, but we are out from the Level of competition."
Scotland remaining-back Andy Robertson claimed the focus will switch to Newcastle now as he included: "It wasn't meant to get and we have to dust ourselves down. We often bounce back, there's a lot of drained legs in there. Cup finals, we enjoy them, and that's the greatest activity."
PSG boss Luis Enrique felt Liverpool were being unfortunate as he mentioned: "Both of those on the teams should Visit the future phase.
"They played better than us here, but I feel my group at Anfield, in a Unique stadium showed wonderful temperament and character.
"I believe it reveals Obviously the workforce we're."