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Paris Saint-Germain should obtain a feat that no membership has ever managed in 39 makes an attempt towards Liverpool if they’re to advance to the Champions League quarter-finals on Tuesday night time.
The runaway Premier League leaders, who sit with a 15-point benefit over Arsenal with 9 video games to go, take a slender benefit into Tuesday’s essential Champions League second leg towards the French champions after snatching a dramatic 1-0 victory final week.
The primary leg, which was described by Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher as ‘one of many largest robberies you’ll ever see in soccer’, noticed Arne Slot’s aspect escape Paris with a slim lead because of substitute Harvey Elliott’s 87th-minute strike — however the Reds have been undeniably second-best all through the competition towards a dominant PSG.
French newspapers performed up PSG’s probabilities of advancing to the quarter-finals at Anfield on Tuesday, with L’Equipe branding the duty ‘Mission Doable’ and insisting the Ligue 1 champions had each likelihood of ‘overthrowing’ the Reds in their very own ‘kingdom’ after a formidable show towards them final week.
Historical past would, nevertheless, inform French media to hamper their expectations, as Liverpool have by no means misplaced a tie in a European competitors after triumphing in an away first leg.
Slot will likely be desirous to make Tuesday night time the fortieth time this has occurred in Liverpool’s wealthy European historical past, with PSG’s journey to Anfield coming simply 5 days earlier than the membership’s large Carabao Cup remaining towards Newcastle at Wembley.
Liverpool head into Tuesday’s essential second leg at Anfield with a slim 1-0 lead over PSG
‘One of many largest robberies you’ll ever see in soccer’: PSG dominated the primary leg however have been left to rue missed possibilities after Liverpool snatched a late winner on the Parc de Princes
PSG should obtain a feat that no membership has ever managed in 39 makes an attempt towards Liverpool if they’re to advance to the Champions League quarter-finals on Tuesday night time
To make issues worse for Luis Enrique’s aspect, Liverpool have additionally gained every of their final 4 European video games at Anfield, beating Bologna, Bayer Leverkusen, Actual Madrid and PSV Eindhoven there in the course of the Champions League group part.
Liverpool will little question must put in a extra commanding efficiency on Tuesday than they did in the course of the first leg in Paris, which noticed Reds goalkeeper Alisson Becker put in one of many biggest performances of his profession.
PSG had 27 photographs to Liverpool’s two earlier than Elliott’s winner consigned the French aspect to the irritating first-leg defeat, with the Brazilian compelled to make a collection of gorgeous saves to disclaim the likes of Bradley Barcola, Ousmane Dembele, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia in assault.
Though the loss was laborious to swallow, PSG’s vigorous show final week has given French media loads of confidence forward of the second leg.
‘Magnificent final week, regardless of the defeat, PSG knew easy methods to preserve hope. At Anfield on Tuesday night, the Parisians appear able to overthrowing Liverpool of their kingdom,’ L’Equipe wrote on their entrance cowl.
‘[It is] the second for PSG to disclose themselves to themselves, and to the world.
‘Liverpool’s boys can contort themselves to say what the substance of the primary leg was, however of their eyes the bare reality is that they didn’t anticipate it, and they didn’t think about being run over to such proportions.
‘In most areas that matter, PSG have been far above the Reds.’
Slot will head into the Champions League second leg with confidence, figuring out that Liverpool have by no means misplaced a tie in a European competitors after triumphing in an away first leg
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Within the 16 matches Liverpool have performed towards French groups at Anfield, the Reds have gained 13, drawn as soon as and misplaced twice – with these defeats coming towards Marseille in 2008 and Lyon in 2009.
Nevertheless, the final time Liverpool met a Ligue 1 aspect in a knockout tie, they have been crushed 3-1 on mixture, shedding towards Lille within the Europa League’s last-16 again in 2010.
