Liverpool manager Arne Slot explained Tuesday's Champions League shootout reduction on penalties to Paris St-Germain as "the best match of soccer I have been associated with", Irrespective of his side exiting the Competitiveness Due to this fact.

After dropping very last 7 days's first leg 1-0 in Paris, the site visitors levelled the tie at Anfield on mixture because of Ousmane Dembele's twelfth-moment strike.

Liverpool had an abundance of prospects to score on their own, but the game went to time beyond regulation and was decided on place-kicks, the place PSG keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma saved from Darwin Nunez and Curtis Jones, in advance of Drive Doue fired home to seal a four-one results.

"It absolutely was the ideal video game of soccer I have ever been involved in," Slot said on Amazon Key.

"It absolutely was an unbelievable functionality, particularly if you Evaluate it with last 7 days. Possibly we ran from luck because the margins were being so smaller.

"We played the perfect game, apart from scoring a aim. It absolutely was just like Paris final 7 days, if they played the perfect video game and did not rating. And afterwards in time beyond regulation, they had been it's possible a little bit much better."

Defeat leaves Liverpool which has a domestic double to Engage in for.

With a 15-issue direct at the highest, the Reds are all but particular of profitable the Premier League, even though they facial area Newcastle within the Carabao Cup ultimate at Wembley on Sunday.

"We were being pretty good and you need to go as considerably as you can, but we realized once we drew Paris that it had been gonna be very difficult," admitted Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk.

"In Paris, we struggled but we won. Currently we saw a very good Liverpool facet, but we are out of your Opposition."

Scotland still left-again Andy Robertson reported the main target will transform to Newcastle now as he included: "It was not intended to get and we must dust ourselves down. We normally bounce back, there is a wide range of worn out legs in there. Cup finals, we delight in them, and that's the largest sport."

PSG manager Luis Enrique felt Liverpool ended up unfortunate as he stated: "Equally in the groups need to Visit the future phase.

"They played a lot better than us listed here, but I feel my workforce at Anfield, in the Unique stadium showed wonderful temperament and character.

"I do think it reveals Obviously the crew we have been."