Liverpool boss Arne Slot described Tuesday's Champions League shootout decline on penalties to Paris St-Germain as "the ideal game of football I've been associated with", Regardless of his side exiting the Levels of competition Consequently.

Soon after getting rid of past week's initial leg 1-0 in Paris, the site visitors levelled the tie at Anfield on mixture as a result of Ousmane Dembele's twelfth-moment strike.

Liverpool experienced lots of chances to score them selves, but the sport went to beyond regular time and was decided on location-kicks, where PSG keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma saved from Darwin Nunez and Curtis Jones, prior to Want Doue fired residence to seal a 4-1 achievement.

"It was the very best sport of football I've at any time been involved with," Slot explained on Amazon Primary.

"It was an unbelievable performance, particularly when you Review it with very last week. Perhaps we ran out of luck as the margins have been so tiny.

"We performed the proper video game, except for scoring a goal. It absolutely was much like Paris last 7 days, once they performed the ideal activity and did not rating. And after that in beyond regular time, they ended up possibly a little bit superior."

Defeat leaves Liverpool by using a domestic double to play for.

That has a 15-place lead at the highest, the Reds are all but specific of profitable the Premier League, though they experience Newcastle in the Carabao Cup last at Wembley on Sunday.

"We have been very good and you want to go as much as feasible, but we realized when we drew Paris that it had been gonna be very hard," admitted Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk.

"In Paris, we struggled but we received. These days we noticed an excellent Liverpool side, but we are out of the Competitiveness."

Scotland remaining-again Andy Robertson explained the main target will convert to Newcastle now as he included: "It was not meant for being and we need to dust ourselves down. We usually bounce back, there's a large amount of exhausted legs in there. Cup finals, we get pleasure from them, and that is the most important recreation."

PSG boss Luis Enrique felt Liverpool were being unfortunate as he mentioned: "Both equally of the teams should go to the next stage.

"They performed a lot better than us below, but I believe my workforce at Anfield, inside a Particular stadium confirmed wonderful character and character.

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