Liverpool supervisor Arne Slot says Paris St-Germain are ‘essentially the most full workforce we’ve got confronted up to now’ forward of their second-leg Champions League final 16 tie.
PSG have been excellent final week and compelled Alisson right into a career-high efficiency earlier than Harvey Elliott’s late objective gave the Reds a slender 1-0 win.
Slot has promised his facet shall be extra proactive at Anfield on Tuesday night and he has no intention of sitting again on their slender benefit.
“Is there a distinction (main 1-0)? No. We attempt to play each recreation to attempt to win,” he mentioned.
“That can be what we tried to do final week, it wasn’t our intention to be so low (deep) on a regular basis.
“Tomorrow we wish to play a distinct recreation, the intention is all the time the identical – we aren’t going to go for a draw.
“At Manchester Metropolis away that wasn’t the state of affairs, at PSG that wasn’t the state of affairs. However we do take confidence from our house recreation in opposition to Metropolis the place we did have the ball far more and it was far more of an equal recreation.”
Requested whether or not it will require their greatest efficiency beneath him up to now Slot added: “Sure. I do assume so. That is essentially the most full workforce we’ve got confronted up to now.
“We’ve confronted Arsenal and Metropolis and they aren’t large margins however the depth they (PSG) play at mixed with the standard – and they’re one of many richest golf equipment – and an important supervisor it’s not straightforward to play in opposition to.”
Slot has been boosted by the return of ahead Cody Gakpo after an damage. The winners of the tie will face both Membership Brugge or Aston Villa within the quarter-finals.
PSG boss Luis Enrique mentioned his facet can’t await the fabled European environment at Anfield.
“No participant within the workforce is not going to wish to play right here. It’s a legendary stadium within the historical past of soccer in Europe,” Enrique mentioned.
“It’s an enormous motivation for the gamers and as a workforce. We wish to present that we’re able to taking part in recreation in Liverpool’s stadium.”
