– CHAMPIONS LEAGUE : LIVERPOOL VS PSG – 11/03/2025 –
THERE WERE 19 SHOTS FOR LIVERPOOL WITH 3 ON TARGET, AND THEY MADE 536 PASSES, WITH A 79% PASS ACCURACY IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST PSG YESTERDAY, BUT NOTHING REACHED-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET! WHICH HAD MANY IN SHOCK AND AWE CONSIDERING THEIR OVERALL RECENT BRILLIANT FORM.
PSG MADE 675 PASSES, WITH AN 84% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 21 SHOTS, WITH 8 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A GREAT GOAL FROM OUSMANE DEMBELE AT 12 MINS. SO GOING INTO EXTRA TIME, IT WAS 1 – 0 TO PSG. WITH NOTHING DOING FROM EITHER SIDE IN EXTRA TIME, THE MATCH WENT ONTO AN EXCITING PENALTY SHOOT-OUT, WITH MO SALAH SCORING THE OPENING PENALTY FOR LIVERPOOL. BUT WITH THE DIRECTION OF DARWIN NUNEZ
AND CURTIS JONES’ STRIKES BOTH SEEMINGLY PRE-EMPTED
THE MATCH WAS OVER-AND-“DONNARUMMA” BECAUSE OF THE SKILLS OF PSG’S ‘HONEY MONSTER’ GOALKEEPER!
(YES, HE REALLY IS 6 ft 5” TALL.) SO IT WASN’T TO BE LIVERPOOL’S NIGHT, AS THE MATCH ENDED IN A 1 – 0 WIN TO PSG (4 – 1 ON PENALTIES, AGGREGATE 1 – 1) AND THEY WILL NOW EXITE THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE COMPETITION. YOU HAVE TO FEEL FOR NUNEZ AND JONES, AS BOTH LOOKED VERY EMOTIONAL AFTERWARDS, BUT BOSS ARNE SLOT WAS THERE TO PICK HIS TEAM UP. (BEING THE GREAT MANAGER THAT HE IS.)
WHAT PRESSURE FOR THE PENALTY-TAKERS! THANK YOU FOR SUCH BRILLIANT ENTERTAINMENT THOUGH!
ARNE SLOT SPEAKS AFTER THE MATCH
“IT WAS THE BEST GAME OF FOOTBALL I WAS EVER INVOLVED IN. INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE. ESPECIALLY COMPARED TO LAST WEEK. IN THE FIRST 20 TO 25 MINUTES WE WERE ALL OVER THEM, CREATED CHANCE AFTER CHANCE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE WERE 1 – 0 DOWN. MAYBE WE RAN OUT OF LUCK BECAUSE THE MARGINS WERE SO SMALL TONIGHT. AFTER 90 MINUTES, IT FELT WE DESERVED MORE THAN BEING 1 – 0 DOWN. I WAS WAITING FOR US TO SCORE. WE PLAYED THE PERFECT GAME, EXCEPT FOR SCORING GOALS, IT WAS THE SAME FOR PSG LAST WEEK WHEN THEY PLAYED THE PERFECT GAME AND DIDN’T SCORE, AND IT HAPPENED TO US TODAY. IT’S ALWAYS DIFFICULT IF YOU PUT SO MUCH EFFORT IN, FOR THE FIRST 25 MINUTES I’VE NEVER SEEN THEM SO AGGRESSIVE AND SO INTENSE AS THEY WERE TODAY, AND THEN YOU LOOK AT THE SCOREBOARD AND YOU’RE 1 – 0 DOWN, AN UNLUCKY GOAL AS WELL. WHEN YOU PUT IN SO MUCH EFFORT THAT’S SOMETIMES DIFFICULT.”
