Liverpool and PSG went the distance on Tuesday night and Gianluigi Donnarumma rescued two red dolls to Shootout to send Luis Enrique to the Champions League quarter -finals.
Visitors were forced to dig deep after taking a premature lead through Ousmane Dembele, with Arne Slot enjoying the first periods of prolonged pressure on the tie throughout the second half.
There were thin switches in momentum and the PSG remained threatened before the integration of the strongest period in the end of the prolonged period. From the point, Ligue 1 leaders were perfect, while Donnarumma refused Darwin Nunez and Curtis Jones to send Enrique men.
Their appearance at Merseyside was not so dazzling compared to what they produced in Paris, but PSG’s performance on the two legs showed that they have what they needed to go all the way.
Here are four things we learned from the second foot in Anfield.
How many times have we seen PSG groups fold on these types of environment over the years? Behind the tie with Anfield, which facilitates a wild launch of Liverpool, the clothes of the past would surely have succumbed.
But once again, this uniform, led by Luis Enrique, has proven to be made of stricter things. After last week’s first leg domination before losing late, Psg It had to offer the grit and the dark box that defends an attempt to maintain their premature lead.
We have enjoyed the PSG with bigger names that have more charm, but such a supreme cohesion have never boasted. All the modes they used to defeat previous repetitions begin to fade thanks to the excellent enrique training and the philosophical shift of PSG to a MBAPPE world after the wave. This is a brilliant team to watch, with their telepathy in their possession that fits the relentless exhaustion.
This is not just about the remarkable form of Dembele or the well -known Marquinhos name that has continuously held heart in this competition, but the emerging Willian Pacho brilliance, their wings that contribute to both ends, as well as the small frames in the middle of the park that packed a punch.
Oh, and what about the teenager, a Doue wish, who won it from 12 meters? It’s the best in Epirus at the moment.
Seeing Gianluigi Donnarumma fly in a penalty shoot -out is a spectacle that the English footballer does not need.
While Liverpool has one of the best goalkeepers in the world in Alisson, it does not have enough of the 6’4 Italian aura when you are walking and trying to beat him from 12 meters. The Brazilian took a glove on Vitinha’s long bang, but was struck emphatically by the rest. On the contrary, Donnarumma flew to his left, then right to deny Nunez and Jones respectively. Its storage from the latter was particularly brilliant.
The heroines of the Italian helped the PSG in their first penalty shoot -out in any UEFA competition and arrived after surpassing a bad start to produce an no mistakes, full of effective punches to cancel the threat of Liverpool traditions in the box.
Arne Slot’s prophecy has praised the first year of Liverpool Men, and it was a surprise that the Dutchman needed as he did to turn to his bench.
On one night, when Nuno Mendes surpassed Mohamed Salah at points after TKO’s victory last week, Liverpool could do with one of Egypt’s supportive acts to accelerate. The reception chose Luis Diaz and Diogo Jota here with Dominik Szoboszlai providing relentless power from the middle section.
Hungarian was impressive, but Diaz and Jota struggled to fill the gap left by a sluggish salah. Jota has endured a stop-start campaign and does not match a backline PSG that has been ordering their box excellently. While he had two fouls from the second half to take Liverpool on the pitch, he just had a look at the target and often struggled to knit things together on the bench.
Diaz was willing, without a doubt, and typically horrifying, but supporters of red supporters so often enjoyed the right one rarely below the opposite side. At critical times, the Colombian hesitated.
The inevitable of Salah this season has covered possible weaknesses in the Arsenal attack of Liverpool and the second part of Tuesday showed that two forwards can be upgraded.
You associate the former Napoli wing, who quickly hit the ground running in Paris with dazzling footwork and a return aesthetic. However, Kvaratskhelia’s willingness to work for occupation is a criminally undervalued aspect of his stellar skill set.
There is one reason that Antonio Conte was so willing to build Napoli’s team around 2022/23 Serie A MVP. Not only is he extremely talented in the Occupation, but he is willing to run himself on the ground in an effort to contribute to the collective.
His selflessness has seen him match the ease of Enrique. It was magnificent in the first leg without reward, and there were some sequences on Tuesday, which characterized the nature of Kvaratskhelia. The wing broke back to Alexis Mac Allister quite a few in the first half, supplying a challenge for Argentina that produced an answer from KOP. Then, when the PSG’s backs were against the wall in the second half, Kvaratskehlia was alert from a set to refuse Salah’s attempt to restore the exchange rate at night.
The dream of a manager.
