'The best game I've ever been involved in' - Slot on PSG defeat

Liverpool brag Arne Slot described Tuesday's Champions League shootout nonaccomplishment connected penalties to Paris St-Germain arsenic "the champion crippled of shot I've been progressive in", contempt his broadside exiting the contention arsenic a result.

After losing past week's archetypal limb 1-0 successful Paris, the visitors levelled the necktie astatine Anfield connected aggregate acknowledgment to Ousmane Dembele's 12th-minute strike.

Liverpool had plentifulness of chances to people themselves, but the crippled went to other clip and was decided connected spot-kicks, wherever PSG keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma saved from Darwin Nunez and Curtis Jones, earlier Desire Doue fired location to seal a 4-1 success.

"It was the champion crippled of shot I person ever been progressive in," Slot said connected Amazon Prime.

"It was an unthinkable performance, particularly if you comparison it with past week. Maybe we ran retired of luck due to the fact that the margins were truthful small.

"We played the cleanable game, but for scoring a goal. It was akin to Paris past week, erstwhile they played the cleanable crippled and didn't score. And past successful other time, they were possibly a small spot better."

Defeat leaves Liverpool with a home treble to play for.

With a 15-point pb astatine the top, the Reds are each but definite of winning the Premier League, portion they look Newcastle successful the Carabao Cup last astatine Wembley connected Sunday.

"We were beauteous bully and you privation to spell arsenic acold arsenic possible, but we knew erstwhile we drew Paris that it was going to beryllium precise difficult," admitted Liverpool skipper Virgil van Dijk.

"In Paris, we struggled but we won. Today we saw a precise bully Liverpool side, but we're retired of the competition."

Scotland left-back Andy Robertson said the absorption volition crook to Newcastle present arsenic helium added: "It wasn't meant to beryllium and we request to particulate ourselves down. We ever bounce back, there's a batch of bushed legs successful there. Cup finals, we bask them, and that's the biggest game."

PSG brag Luis Enrique felt Liverpool were unlucky arsenic helium said: "Both of the teams merit to spell to the adjacent phase.

"They played amended than america here, but I deliberation my squad astatine Anfield, successful a peculiar stadium showed large property and character.

"I deliberation it shows intelligibly the squad we are."

Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold is simply a uncertainty for Sunday's last against Newcastle astatine Wembley.

The England defender was substituted successful the 2nd fractional against PSG aft appearing to jar a genu successful a situation with Vitinha.

"He had to travel disconnected - that's ne'er a bully sign," said Slot.

"From what I heard from radical that saw the images of however helium got injured, it didn't look precise good.

"I would beryllium amazed if helium is [available] for Sunday."

Alexander-Arnold missed past year's EFL Cup last triumph implicit Chelsea.

England manager Thomas Tuchel volition sanction his archetypal squad connected Friday for World Cup qualifiers against Latvia and Albania this month.

Alexander-Arnold, who has 33 caps, was expected to beryllium included.