Darwin Nunez and Curtis Jones missed within the penalty shoot-out as Paris Saint-Germain ended Liverpool’s Champions League hopes at Anfield.
Having received 1-0 on the evening to stage the tie at 1-1, PSG held their nerve as they scored all 4 spot-kicks and Gianluigi Donnarumma did the remaining with two excellent saves.
It was an absorbing sport that fluctuated each methods. Liverpool began beautifully solely to be caught on the counter by Ousmane Dembele’s twenty first objective of 2025.
PSG must have been additional forward by half-time earlier than Liverpool dominated the second interval.
The pendulum swung once more in extra-time with PSG coming near edging by way of on three events.
Because it was, they had been pushed all the best way to a penalty shoot-out by which they by no means trailed. Vitinha, Goncalo Ramos, Dembele and Want Doue all netted, as did Mohamed Salah for Liverpool.
The Reds have little time to really feel sorry for themselves as their subsequent sport comes on Sunday once they face Newcastle within the last of the EFL Cup.
Blistering begin from Liverpool
Liverpool began in ominous temper, swarming throughout PSG, denying the guests any area on the ball.
It was a totally completely different sport, and environment, to the Parc des Princes final week as Luis Enrique’s males discovered themselves firmly on the again foot for the primary time within the tie.
The Kop roared each deal with as Liverpool poured ahead and created three presentable possibilities inside the primary 10 minutes.
The very best fell to Salah. Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister carved open the PSG defence and the Argentine squared it for Salah, who appeared to have the easy process of placing it within the internet just for his shot to strike the leg of Nuno Mendes and fly over the bar.
Salah then shot narrowly vast and captain Virgil van Dijk’s goalbound header was blocked close to the road by Mendes.
It appeared a matter of time earlier than there was a objective and it duly arrived after 12 minutes – solely on the different finish.
PSG’s finest likelihood on the evening was all the time going to come back through a counter assault they usually used that tactic to medical impact. Dembele led a swift break from simply inside his personal half earlier than sliding in Bradley Barcola down the proper. Barcola’s cross was pushed previous Alisson by the outstretched leg of Ibrahima Konate and Dembele was readily available to faucet residence.
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Konate nearly made amends instantly with a 25-yard shot that introduced a wise, diving cease from Donnarumma earlier than PSG almost doubled their benefit.
This time it was Khvicha Kvaratskhelia who led the break earlier than slipping in Barcola however his effort was smothered by the advancing Alisson.
Impulsively it was PSG who had been carrying the better menace and they need to have elevated their lead on the evening earlier than half-time.
Dembele, uncharacteristically, fluffs his likelihood
Dembele took a heavy contact when clear by way of – enabling Alisson to come back and smother – earlier than the previous Barcelona winger noticed two efforts flash inches vast, each through deflections.
Arne Slot would have been relieved to get his gamers in with out additional harm they usually began the second half in additional assertive temper.
Szoboszlai noticed an effort dominated out for offside in opposition to Diogo Jota – the play persevering with lengthy after the Portuguese was seemingly past the final man – and the Hungary midfielder additionally noticed a snapshot beautifully blocked by Willian Pancho.
Donnarumma had seemed shaky all evening and, after he flapped at one other Mac Allister nook, he required Kvaratskhelia to hook Salah’s shot off the road.
The Italy worldwide was overwhelmed after 79 minutes however substitute Jarell Quansah’s header got here again off the within of the submit, though the offside flag did go up shortly afterwards.
Kvaratskhelia curled one agonisingly over the bar with 4 minutes to go however defeat at that stage would have been harsh on a Liverpool aspect that dominated the second 45 minutes.
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Beraldo and Doue come inside inches of restoring PSG’s lead
PSG got here once more in extra-time as the house aspect appeared to expire of fuel.
And the Ligue 1 leaders may have scored thrice over a largely one-sided half-hour.
Lucas Beraldo headed a nook narrowly vast earlier than, a minute later, Doue’s fast toes enabled him to get a shot off that beat Alisson however not the upright.
Brazil worldwide Alisson then distinguished himself once more with a superb save to maintain out Dembele’s shot however may do little within the shoot-out as PSG progressed to a gathering with Aston Villa or Membership Brugge.
