Liverpool boss Arne Slot described Tuesday's Champions League shootout decline on penalties to Paris St-Germain as "the ideal recreation of soccer I have been involved in", Irrespective of his facet exiting the Levels of competition as a result.
Soon after getting rid of last week's 1st leg one-0 in Paris, the visitors levelled the tie at Anfield on aggregate because of Ousmane Dembele's twelfth-moment strike.
Liverpool experienced loads of probabilities to score on their own, but the game went to overtime and was selected location-kicks, where by PSG keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma saved from Darwin Nunez and Curtis Jones, before Want Doue fired residence to seal a 4-1 good results.
"It had been the top video game of soccer I have ever been associated with," Slot mentioned on Amazon Primary.
"It was an incredible efficiency, especially if you Evaluate it with final week. Maybe we ran out of luck as the margins were being so compact.
"We performed the proper video game, apart from scoring a aim. It was comparable to Paris past 7 days, after they played the best activity and did not score. And then in beyond regular time, they ended up possibly a little bit better."
Defeat leaves Liverpool which has a domestic double to Enjoy for.
Using a 15-place direct at the top, the Reds are all but sure of successful the Premier League, though they deal with Newcastle inside the Carabao Cup final at Wembley on Sunday.
"We ended up pretty good and you ought to go as much as possible, but we understood when we drew Paris that it had been likely to be quite challenging," admitted Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk.
"In Paris, we struggled but we won. Now we noticed an excellent Liverpool side, but we are out from the Level of competition."
Scotland still left-again Andy Robertson stated the main target will flip to Newcastle now as he extra: "It was not meant being and we must dust ourselves down. We often get better, there is a large amount of worn out legs in there. Cup finals, we appreciate them, and that's the most significant sport."
PSG boss Luis Enrique felt Liverpool ended up unfortunate as he stated: "Equally of your teams deserve to go to the following section.
"They performed better than us right here, but I feel my staff at Anfield, in a Unique stadium showed wonderful temperament and character.
"I do think it shows clearly the group we're."