PSG were worthy winners on Wednesday night, but manager Luis Enrique came out after the game to commend Liverpool’s performance and make a not-so-surprising admission about the game.
The fallout of this Champions League loss is the main topic of conversation today, with the Reds’ European dream brought to an emphatic end. Liverpool fought bravely against PSG, but ultimately didn’t have enough to contain the competition’s current title-holders.
Ousmane Dembele commended Liverpool for making it difficult, and his manager came out saying something similar, as well as admitting his side were very lucky to keep a clean sheet.
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Luis Enrique claims Liverpool should have got more from the game
The PSG boss has a chance to go back-to-back in the Champions League for the first time since Real Madrid’s three-peat in the mid-2010s.
PSG look like the best team in Europe again this season, but he acknowledges that getting past Liverpool was no walk in the park.
He said in his press conference: “Liverpool definitely deserved to score over the course of the game. Had we conceded a goal early on it would have been really difficult.
Luis Enrique and Arne Slot during Liverpool FC v Paris Saint-Germain FC - UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Quarter-Final Second Leg
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“You need things to go your way and it is wonderful to have these kind of players in the clubs and the fans as well, their support was extraordinary. We are happy to show them what we are made of.”
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Liverpool took 21 shots on the PSG goal over the 90 minutes — their most without scoring in the Champions League since the 2022 final against Madrid.
Enrique’s gameplan centered around absorbing pressure from the home side, and catching them on the break.
As he explained: “Liverpool had to take a lot of risk and that meant we could launch a counter-attack and kill the match off. It took longer than I would have liked that to do.
“But we defended well, [Matvey] Safonov was instrumental and we controlled the controllables, but we knew they had to take a risk. As soon as we scored the first goal, that changed things.”
It went exactly as planned, with the Parisians able to soak up pressure in their own half and punish Arne Slot’s side on the break. He’s right to say Liverpool should have scored, but they executed their strategy to perfection.
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Liverpool can take a lesson from PSG
The main takeaway from a Liverpool perspective is that they can compete at this level.
Sure, the 4-0 aggregate scoreline suggests a walloping, but it was far closer than that.
The power of Anfield was on full display, and it’s an encouraging sign for the decisive fixtures yet to be played in that stadium in the coming weeks — that is, if the fans remain on side.
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