Liverpool knocked out of Champions League as pressure grows on Arne Slot
Uncertainty over Arne Slot’s Anfield future continues to increase after Liverpool’s 17th loss of the campaign - Phil Noble/Reuters Liverpool brought the noise. Paris St-Germain brought the poise. Liverpool have gone out of the Champions League but they did so on their shields.
They fought to the end and maybe it would have been different had a penalty award, when the game was goalless, not been overturned. It looked ‘soft’ when it was given. But the debate will rage over whether it was enough for the VAR to intervene.
Maybe it would have been different had the original decision stood. Maybe with the momentum with Liverpool, surging at The Kop, it would have been the moment that led to another incredible comeback. Another famous European night.
And yet, once again, PSG proved to be far too good and it is going to take a formidable effort to stop the French giants from retaining this trophy in the final in Budapest next month. Liverpool pushed and the “Anfield trap” that PSG coach Luis Enrique cautioned about threatened to catch them until Ousmane Dembélé’s accomplished goals. "The goal that sends the holders through to the last four!
" 4️⃣ Dembele surely seals the tie for PSG! 🇫🇷💥 pic. twitter.
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