Liverpool vs PSG LIVE: Champions League result and reaction after penalty shoot-out at Anfield
Liverpool 0-1 Paris Saint-Germain (1-1 on aggregate, PSG win 4-1 on penalties): Gianluigi Donnarumma made saves from Darwin Nunez and Curtis Jones as the Reds were knocked out at Anfield
Liverpool are out of the Champions League after Paris Saint-Germain overturned a first-leg defeat and held their nerve to win on penalties at Anfield.
The Reds suffered their first major blow under Arne Slot as Darwin Nunez and Curtis Jones saw their efforts saved by goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma and PSG scored all of theirs.
Luis Enrique’s team won 1-0 on the night as Ousmane Dembele cancelled out Harvey Elliott’s late winner in the Parc des Princes last week.
Dembele levelled the tie after just 11 minutes and, despite a bright start from Liverpool, it gave PSG the momentum to dominate the first half.
Liverpool were the better team after the break but could not make the most of their superiority and PSG survived long spells of pressure to reach extra time.
And Liverpool are facing a defensive injury crisis before Sunday’s Carabao Cup final against Newcastle after Trent Alexander-Arnold and Ibrahima Konate were forced off.
Follow live reaction from a dramatic night in the Champions League below
2ND HALF - Liverpool 0-1 PSG (1-1 Agg)
45min: We are back underway at Anfield!
Luis Diaz bombs straight into the corner and is taken down by Marquinhos, who is booked for his troubles and will miss the next match.
HALFTIME - Liverpool 0-1 PSG (1-1 Agg)
That will do it for the first 45 - what a half of football!
Dembele’s clumsy opener is all that separates us on the night, but the aggregate score of course remains tied.
More goals will have to come in the second half, or we will face the dreaded penalty shootout!
Liverpool 0-1 PSG (1-1 Agg)
40min: Only five minutes left in the half now and somehow neither side seems to be running out of steam.
It has been end-to-end, full-throttle football throughout the first half, and it is hard to believe we have only seen one goal.
Dembele becomes the latest to curl one agonisingly close to the far corner.
Liverpool 0-1 PSG (1-1 Agg)
34min: Slot is looking quite red in the face in his technical area.
He won’t be used to watching his Liverpool side go behind, and he does not seem to be enjoying the show as PSG bomb forward again and Kvaratskhelia’s shot misses by a matter of centimetres.
Liverpool 0-1 PSG (1-1 Agg)
31min: It is wasteful from Dembele, who is clean through on goal and takes a heavy touch which is far too easy for Allison to collect.
That could quite easily have been 0-2. Nervous times for both sides.
Liverpool 0-1 PSG (1-1 Agg)
27 mins: Dembele is causing Liverpool problems whenever he drops off into midfield. No one is picking him up. It might be an issue for Arne Slot to address.
GOAL - Liverpool 0-1 PSG (1-1 Agg)
12min: PSG LEAD THROUGH DEMBELE! That is entirely against the run of play - Liverpool are caught with their trousers down after failing to finish their early chances.
PSG score on their first serious foray forward as Barcola mixes the ball in to Dembele. The cross doesn’t get there - it is blocked by Konate - but the ball falls away into the six yard box for Dembele to put away.
All square in the tie. 77 minutes left.
Liverpool 0-0 PSG (1-0 Agg)
10min: Close(ish) again for Liverpool. A corner finds an unmarked Van Dijk, whose shot is blocked again by Mendes, before Szoboslai rifles a follow-up shot into Row Z.
Liverpool 0-0 PSG (1-0 Agg)
6min: Salah is looking lively early. He picks up the ball on the halfway line, leaves Mendes for dead and dances through the PSG back line to set up a shot, which bends an agonising couple of inches wide of the left post.
Very positive start for Liverpool.
Liverpool 0-0 PSG (1-0 Agg)
4min: It is a cagey start here as PSG squander an early corner.
But it is Salah who misses the first big chance of the game. Mac Allister finds the Egyptian on the edge of the box with a largely open goal, but a late Nuno Mendes dive blocks his shot.
The less said about the resultant corner the better.
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