PSG have been told to expect a “walk in the park” when they host Liverpool in the Champions League, and that they will “wrap up the quarter-final in the first leg.”
Typically such a level of confidence would be criticised as arrogance before a tie of this magnitude, but on Liverpool’s current form it is a view shared by many supporters.
Speaking to RMC Sport ahead of the first leg of Paris Saint-Germain’s quarter-final clash with the Reds, France World Cup winner Christophe Dugarry claimed: “It’s going to be a massacre!”
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - Saturday, April 4, 2026: Liverpool's Milos Kerkez (L) and goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili react to conceding the third goal during the FA Cup Quarter Final match between Manchester City FC and Liverpool FC at the City of Manchester Stadium. (Photo by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)
“It’s going to be a walk in the park, honestly. Liverpool are disastrous,” Dugarry said.
“Fourteen wins, 10 losses, and seven draws since the start of the season in the league. They’re catastrophic.
“I’m not going to say they have bad players, but they don’t play together.
“In my opinion, the difference in level is colossal. I think PSG will wrap up the quarter-final in the first leg.”
“Have you seen Liverpool play? They play at a snail’s pace”
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - Saturday, April 4, 2026: Liverpool's head coach Arne Slot reacts to his side conceding the second during the FA Cup Quarter Final match between Manchester City FC and Liverpool FC at the City of Manchester Stadium. (Photo by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)
Dugarry added: “Have you seen Liverpool play? They’re catastrophic!
“They have no legs, they have nothing. Technically they have good players, they’re not clumsy, but they play at a snail’s pace.
“When you see the intensity Paris Saint-Germain manages to bring today, with their legs back, with their mental strength and everything else they’ve regained…there’s no comparison between the two teams.
“It’s going to be a massacre! It’s going to be a massacre.”
While Liverpool head to the Parc des Princes on the back of a 4-0 loss to Man City in the FA Cup, PSG welcome their opponents having won comfortably on Friday night with a 3-1 home victory over Toulouse.
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - Tuesday, March 11, 2025: Luis Enrique during the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 2nd Leg match between Liverpool FC and Paris Saint-Germain FC at Anfield. (Photo by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)
Luis Enrique’s side are now four points clear at the top of Ligue 1 having played a game less than Lens, with their title rivals incensed by the decision to postpone fixtures to aid PSG’s Champions League efforts.
PSG have already thrashed Chelsea in the last 16, winning 5-2 at home and then 3-0 away, and Dugarry believes Liverpool will “arrive terrified” of a similar collapse.
“They’re scared. Every English team has been thrashed for about a year-and-a-half,” he said, with Liverpool already having lost to Wednesday’s opponents in the round of 16 last season.
“Now they’re all afraid of Paris Saint-Germain. I guarantee you, they’ll arrive terrified.”
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