Liverpool set for blockbuster PSG rematch after Galatasaray rout as Slot declares clash was “inevitable”
Arne Slot has said a rematch with Paris Saint-Germain was inevitable for Liverpool after reaching the Champions League's latter stages.Liverpool progressed to theChampions League quarter-finals with a...
Liverpool set for blockbuster PSG rematch after Galatasaray rout as Slot declares clash was “inevitable” Arne Slot has said a rematch with Paris Saint-Germain was inevitable for Liverpool after reaching the Champions League 's latter stages. Liverpool progressed to the Champions League quarter-finals with a 4-0 win over Galatasaray on Wednesday night. The Reds recovered from a first-leg defeat in Turkey to set up a showdown with holders PSG in the last eight.
It's a rematch of last season's last-16 tie, when Slot's side lost to the French champions on penalties. PSG went on to win the Champions League for the first time. Slot is anticipating another epic encounter with the Parisians, admitting Liverpool always expected to meet last season's conquerors again.
"If you go to the latter stages of the Champions League, you know one thing for sure: that you're going to face Paris Saint-Germain because it is an incredible team. We've experienced that last season when we faced them," Slot said at his post-match press conference. "Away from home, a very, very difficult game and here at Anfield...
I said tonight we played a perfect game and here at Anfield we played also a fantastic game [against PSG]. I've said a lot of times how great of a match that was, the best game I've managed in my career – maybe not in the result, but how football should be played. Both teams just playing football, just wanting to enjoy the fans, to entertain the fans.