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Wayne Rooney accused Liverpool captain, Virgil Van Dijk, of laziness for the equalizer in charge of the Paris St-Germain Champions League and said that the French Champions were finally worth their victory.
Despite the manager of Liverpool, Arne Slot, said that his team had played “The Perfect Game” even by losing, Rooney identified defensive errors for the goal of the 12th minute of PSG to draw a level on the aggregates before winning the penalty shootout.
Rooney, who played for the two biggest rivals from Liverpool to Everton and Manchester United, criticized Van Dijk for leaving the scorer of PSG Ousmane Dembélé with too much space.
“This objective from Liverpool’s point of view is in many different ways,” said Rooney. “They try to press the ball – Van Dijk becomes lazy. If you watch Van Dijk, it leaves a massive gap [to Dembélé]. If you turn off a second at this level, you are punished.
Liverpool then created chances of winning the draw before the penalty arrest by PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, Darwin Núñez and Curtis Jones denied to end the Liverpool dream of a seventh European cup.
“When you lose in a penalty shootout, it hurts – it’s cruel when you lose penalties,” said Rooney, the former captain of England. “PSG, I think both legs were probably the best team … probably deserved to pass and will be delighted. The penalties were fantastic. You can see that PSG has worked on their penalties. »»
With one hand already on the title of the Premier League, which they lead by 15 points, Liverpool also has the final of the Sunday League Cup against Newcastle United.
“There is no better way to bounce back,” said Rooney. “I think they had long enough [to recover]. I think they will be fine. Liverpool was excellent all season. They encountered a very good PSG team and it could have gone in both directions. Players will learn from this experience. Even if they lost the [first] game, they [PSG] knew they could compete and aim for Liverpool sometimes. »»
Former Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge said: “They [Liverpool] gave a good account of themselves, but obviously did not do enough. We have to give credit to PSG. It is a very young and talented football club. They were not even bad penalties. No one will feel bad than the players who missed. They will be devastated – these are the nights for which you live as a player. »»
Clarence Seedorf, winner of the Champions League with Ajax, AC Milan and Real Madrid, who was also an expert for the coverage of the Amazon Prime match, said it was a highest quality match. “Liverpool played much better [than in the first leg] And lost, ”he said. “Sometimes you have to give credit – this young PSG came here and played. Hats off.
