Too many Liverpool gamers have been beneath their finest of their Champions League elimination by the hands of Paris Saint-Germain, not least two substitutes.
The Reds confronted their greatest European night time of the season on Tuesday, arising in opposition to a PSG facet who fully outplayed them final week.
Arne Slot‘s facet ended up being knocked out of Europe on penalties, with Ousmane Dembele’s purpose sealing a 1-0 win on the night time.
The Frenchman’s solitary effort took the tie to a shootout, with the guests prevailing.
Right here we evaluate our participant scores with these of the Liverpool Echo, GOAL, FotMob and This Is Anfield’s readers.
Alisson (7.5) stored Liverpool within the tie final week and he acquired the best rating once more at Anfield.
The Brazilian made some very important interventions, together with saving two one-on-ones, however he didn’t handle to maintain out any of PSG’s spot-kicks.
This Is Anfield‘s Danny Gallagher rightly identified that Alisson‘s “brilliance in Paris was not deserving of being eradicated in a shootout.”
Alexis Mac Allister (7.3) additionally put in a powerful shift on his return to the crew, sharing the second-highest rating with Dominik Szoboszlai (7.3).
Mac Allister began the second half “on a mission,” in keeping with the Echo‘s Ian Doyle, whereas Mark Doyle of GOAL known as him Liverpool’s “most artistic participant.”
As for Szoboszlai, he shone once more within the No. 10 position, with Gallagher calling it “one other lung-busting providing” from the Hungarian.
It was a poor night time for substitute pair Darwin Nunez (4.9) and Curtis Jones (4.7), each of whom missed their penalties, additionally struggling to make an influence.
This may very well be Nunez’s closing season in a Liverpool shirt and his cameo was disappointing, along with his spot-kick missing conviction.
In the meantime, Ian Doyle was important of Jones for holding onto the ball for too lengthy, saying it “hindered” the Reds, in contrast to in Paris.
Subsequent up for Liverpool is the small matter of the Carabao Cup closing in opposition to Newcastle on Sunday.
Liverpool 0-1 PSG (1-4 on pens)
