French outlet L’Equipe declares the Reds’ victory over Paris Saint-Germain an “English Robbery” after Liverpool legend Alisson Becker recreates a Thibaut Courtois performance. The Reds defeated in-form Les Parisiens 0-1 at the Parc des Princes stadium during the Champions League’s round of 16’s first tie.
While Liverpool started the game on the front foot, PSG’s home advantage came into play, dominating most of the match. The French club suffocated the Reds’ defence with impressive attacking strategies, using their incredible athletic players and their raw pace.
PSG have a very strong and fluid attacking unit as they deployed Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, in-form Ousmane Dembele and Bradley Barcola. The attacking trio switched sides to confuse the visitors while their team forced Liverpool to make errors in ball possession.
French outlet L'Equipe declared the Liverpool victory over Paris Saint-Germain an "English Robbery".
French outlet L’Equipe declared the Liverpool victory over Paris Saint-Germain an “English Robbery”.
According to Fotmob, PSG had 70% possession dominance with 27 shots compared to Liverpool’s two. Furthermore, the French club had 10 shots on target compared to only one shot on target from the Reds.
French newspaper L’Equipe delivered the headline “Branquage A L’Anglaise”(As seen in the picture above), meaning “English Robbery”, to describe the late victory for Liverpool against Paris SG. Their sentiments are understandable, as the French newspaper is talking about the tough loss their top team suffered.
However, those sentiments are shared by many people in the media and the social media, with words like “luck” used. A short journey to the recent past would the hypocrisy of such sentiment as the football world praised Ream Madrid for the way they beat Liverpool in the Champions League 2021-22 final.
Alisson Becker celebrates with Liverpool goalscorer Harvey Elliott after the full-time against Paris Saint-Germain.
Alisson Becker celebrates with Liverpool goalscorer Harvey Elliott after the full-time against Paris Saint-Germain.
A match that resembled Liverpool’s victory over PSG involved numerous saves from Courtois, with Real securing the victory. Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson delivered a similar world-class performance to keep Paris SG’s striker frustrated throughout the evening.
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Beyond that, the Brazilian goalkeeper played an important role in the goal after his long ball reached Darwin Nunez. Nunez did what Diogo Jota and Luis Diaz failed to do throughout the game: provide an outlet to the counter-attacks. Harvey Elliott’s 87th-minute winner was not luck but a result of a series of right substitutions from Arne Slot.