Liverpool boss Arne Slot explained Tuesday's Champions League shootout reduction on penalties to Paris St-Germain as "the most effective activity of football I have been associated with", Irrespective of his side exiting the Competitiveness Subsequently.
Right after shedding very last 7 days's first leg 1-0 in Paris, the site visitors levelled the tie at Anfield on mixture owing to Ousmane Dembele's twelfth-moment strike.
Liverpool had a good amount of prospects to attain themselves, but the game went to time beyond regulation and was selected location-kicks, where by PSG keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma saved from Darwin Nunez and Curtis Jones, before Want Doue fired residence to seal a 4-1 achievement.
"It had been the most effective match of football I've at any time been involved with," Slot explained on Amazon Primary.
"It had been an incredible efficiency, especially if you Evaluate it with last 7 days. Probably we ran away from luck since the margins had been so little.
"We performed the best video game, apart from scoring a objective. It absolutely was just like Paris previous week, when they performed an ideal sport and failed to score. And then in overtime, they have been maybe a bit much better."
Defeat leaves Liverpool which has a domestic double to Engage in for.
Which has a 15-issue lead at the highest, the Reds are all but certain of successful the Leading League, while they deal with Newcastle within the Carabao Cup remaining at Wembley on Sunday.
"We have been very good and you wish to go as far as is possible, but we knew whenever we drew Paris that it was likely to be quite challenging," admitted Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk.
"In Paris, we struggled but we won. Now we observed an excellent Liverpool facet, but we're out with the Opposition."
Scotland remaining-back Andy Robertson stated the main focus will switch to Newcastle now as he added: "It was not intended being and we must dust ourselves down. We generally get better, there's a lots of tired legs in there. Cup finals, we enjoy them, and that's the most important activity."
PSG manager Luis Enrique felt Liverpool have been unlucky as he said: "The two from the teams should Visit the up coming phase.
"They performed much better than us below, but I believe my workforce at Anfield, in a very Particular stadium showed great temperament and character.
"I believe it displays Evidently the crew we are."