Liverpool manager Arne Slot explained Tuesday's Champions League shootout loss on penalties to Paris St-Germain as "the best recreation of soccer I have been involved in", Irrespective of his facet exiting the Competitors Therefore.

Immediately after getting rid of last week's very first leg one-0 in Paris, the readers levelled the tie at Anfield on combination thanks to Ousmane Dembele's twelfth-minute strike.

Liverpool had a lot of odds to attain by themselves, but the sport went to additional time and was decided on spot-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 achievements.

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

"It absolutely was an unbelievable efficiency, especially if you Evaluate it with final 7 days. It's possible we ran outside of luck since the margins have been so tiny.

"We played the perfect activity, aside from scoring a aim. It absolutely was just like Paris final 7 days, after they played the proper sport and failed to score. After which you can in time beyond regulation, they were being possibly a bit much better."

Defeat leaves Liverpool which has a domestic double to Perform for.

Which has a 15-place direct at the highest, the Reds are all but certain of successful the Leading League, though they experience Newcastle within the Carabao Cup remaining at Wembley on Sunday.

"We had been very good and you ought to go as much as feasible, but we understood once we drew Paris that it had been destined to be quite challenging," admitted Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk.

"In Paris, we struggled but we received. Now we noticed an excellent Liverpool aspect, but we are out with the Competitors."

Scotland still left-back again Andy Robertson said the main focus will convert to Newcastle now as he extra: "It was not meant for being and we have to dust ourselves down. We constantly get better, there is a lots of drained legs in there. Cup finals, we take pleasure in them, and that's the biggest recreation."

PSG boss Luis Enrique felt Liverpool were being unlucky as he stated: "Both on the groups should go to the following phase.

"They performed a lot better than us here, but I feel my group at Anfield, in the Unique stadium showed terrific individuality and character.

"I feel it demonstrates Evidently the workforce we're."