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Arne Slot spoke of his “shock” while Liverpool was eliminated from the Champions League and how much he had to face Paris St-Germain at this stage of the competition.
PSG won 4-1 in a penalty shootout, after winning the second floor 1-0 to finish the draw at 1-1, to eliminate the premier League chiefs in Anfield.
Liverpool’s head coach has questioned the fairness of his team ending first in the extended group phase of 36 teams – then having to deal with a team as strong as the French champions of the last 16.
The exit was aggravated by an injury suffered from Trent Alexander-Arnold, with slot saying that it was unlikely that the rear will be able to the final of the Sunday League Cup against Newcastle United.
“Of course, it’s a shock,” said Slot about the elimination of the Champions League. “And it may not be time to tell them now. Last season, we were not in the Champions League. There are two seasons, we came out against Madrid losing 5-2 [at Anfield, at the same stage].
“If you go out, you may be moving away from one of the best teams, fighting. They [PSG] In the end, won and for us, it is so, so unlucky that if you are number one in the league table, you face Paris St-Germain, one of the best teams in Europe.
“It seems a little unfair to go out already in this tour – to win the group, then to play a team as strong as PSG.”
Having undergone the first serious setback of his mandate in charge of Liverpool, Slot added: “This is something to take into consideration, the value of finishing first if you face PSG the next round. We were so unlucky to play PSG and we could have been in the other half of the draw. »»
Liverpool finished with 21 points, two ahead of Barcelona and eight in front of PSG – which ended in 15th and had to go through a match against Brest to reach this Tour, but will now be one of the favorites of the tournament after beating Liverpool.
They will probably face Aston Villa in the quarter -finals after high quality equality against Liverpool. “I think it was the best football match in which I was never involved,” said Slot. “Incredible performance compared to last week. In the first 25 minutes, we created luck after luck, but maybe we lacked luck after last week. »»
It was in reference to the first step in Paris, with Slot declaring that it is a “miracle” that Liverpool won 1-0 given the domination of PSG.
“We played the perfect match outside of goals, as PSG did last week. In addition to time, they may have been a little stronger, ”added Slot.
On Alexander-Arnold, who was replaced by an apparent leg injury in the second half, Slot said: “Trent had to detach and this is never a good sign. It didn’t look good, so I would be surprised if it was available for Sunday. It is also Thomas Tuchel by appointing his first team in England on Friday.
