Slot on Liverpool's penalty defeat and Champions League exit to PSG

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Slot on Liverpool's penalty defeat and Champions League exit to PSG  10/03/2025  Anfield, Liverpool, UK

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00:00on how much was tonight one of those nights where you came away with a lot

00:28less than you deserved it was the best game of football I was ever involved in

00:37I don't have the history like Liverpool as a manager but but two teams of

00:44incredible level with incredible intensity in the first 25 minutes okay I

00:50also remembered first 25 against Man City at home and the first 25 against

00:55Madrid but this was unbelievable what we showed in the first 25 and I looked

01:00at the scoreboard and we were 1-0 down over 90 minutes I don't think we

01:05deserve to lose this game of football today over 180 minutes maybe it was

01:11deserved that we went to overtime in overtime I thought Paris Saint-Germain

01:16was a bit better than us so in this half hour and then it comes down to penalties

01:20and yeah they scored four we two and we lost how do you pick the lads up because

01:28they've had such a good season obviously we know how well they've done in the

01:32league stage of this competition as well it must come as a massive shock to the

01:35system to go out albeit against a side of the quality of Paris Saint-Germain

01:40yeah of course it's a shock and it's maybe not the moment to tell them now

01:45but and I didn't tell them as well but I can say it here that last season we were

01:50involved in the Champions League two seasons ago we and I mean we Liverpool

01:54went out against Madrid after losing I think 5-2 at home so if if if you have

02:01to go out then go out in a way like we did against one of the best teams in

02:04Europe and making such a fight out of it I hope and think that every fan

02:12around the world was was hoping that this game just kept on going just

02:17wouldn't stop because it was incredible and they they in the end one and for us

02:26it's so so so unlucky that if you are number one in the league table that you

02:30then face Paris Saint-Germain which is one of the best teams in Europe but yeah

02:36that's the format we are in and we have to accept it and we will come back

02:39stronger next season and you do still have that chance of silverware at the

02:42weekend but I just wonder what is the physical cost tonight because obviously

02:45we saw Trent Alexander-Arnold and Ibrahima Kanate go off injured what's their

02:49situation I have to ask it but for me Ibu was more that he was tired than it

02:57was an injury with Trent he had to come off there's never a good sign and from

03:02what I heard from people that saw the images or the how he got injured that

03:06that didn't look very good so I would be surprised if he's available for Sunday

03:11now the good thing is that we play his final on Sunday so mentally that's the

03:15probably the best you can ask for because this is where we are playing

03:19football for to play finals and then there's two weeks in between before we

03:24start two and a half weeks in between before we start the season again and if

03:28we can play nine times with this intensity and then once we played at

03:32home with the same intensity from the fans as well then I'm really looking

03:37forward to the end of the season

03:42hi Anna and what were your thoughts on the penalties because it's a really

03:48daunting place for an opposition team to have to take penalties here so it's

03:51probably quite surprising to see the scoreline as it was after the shootout

03:59nah the way they they scored the penalties didn't feel to me as if they

04:03were impressed and it's also part of football if you want to win things you

04:09are you have to win sometimes the penalty shootout as well

04:14Argentina showed that in the World Cup against the Dutch team and now police

04:19engineers showed if you I don't know if it wasn't history of Liverpool but

04:23normally normally if the games are so tight over two games you you have to win

04:28one out of three four times if you want to win this this this tournament a

04:33penalty shootout as well and they did and we didn't so that's all I can say

04:41do you think your players were nervous sorry do you think your players were

04:45nervous in the shootout we're nervous I don't know I haven't asked them I think

04:51everybody is a bit nervous when he has to take a penalty but these players have

04:54a history of scoring almost every penalty they take well yeah all the

05:00every circumstance is always different different but unlucky

05:12yeah hi Arne you sort of mentioned earlier about if you win the group it's

05:17a bit unlucky to face PSG does winning the group count for anything now I mean

05:22you've beaten Real Madrid in this Champions League and you've been by

05:24Leverkusen does that count for anything or do you just sort of at the moment

05:28just feeling disappointed about being knocked out tonight

05:33feeling disappointed about being knocked out I just I don't I do feel in the end

05:39of the season it does matter how we presented ourselves in Europe I just

05:44said that we were not in Champions League level last season and this season

05:48we really showed ourselves we can be proud of what we've did we've won seven

05:51games in a row then we played with the substitute loss against PSV and I think

05:55we played now maybe last week not our best game but today we saw a completely

06:00different Liverpool so we go we go out in in a way that I think we've impressed

06:10Europe but yeah it is something now to take in consideration how much of worth

06:17it is to end up first and in the league table if you can face Paris Saint-Germain

06:23in the next round it is what it is maybe but maybe I'm too soon now it

06:29would be more fair that after the in-between round is there then to to that

06:35that the one that wins the league table plays against the team that's lowest

06:40positions after the teams have played but yeah that is also because we were so

06:46unlucky to play Paris Saint-Germain because we could have also gone to the

06:49other side to draw but in the end if you want to win a tournament you have to

06:54beat teams like Paris Saint-Germain and that's what we didn't do today after an

06:59incredible first first 90 minutes of football of us

07:04considering what you saw today and the first game do you think PSG can win the

07:21title this season yeah they can they can but unfortunately for them they're not

07:28the only team that can win it and it's always about two two games so then luck

07:34and bad luck can play a part as well so in the whole season so the team that

07:39wins the Premier League or the Liga or the Serie A or whatever competition

07:42always the best team wins that competition but it's not to say if it's

07:46only about two games then luck or bad luck or referee decision can be it can

07:50influence a game fortunately enough for us and for PSG Saint-Germain

07:54were two great referees away in Paris and tonight as well both times the

07:59referees were outstanding but yet they can but there are other teams that can

08:06win it as well and if they play like this and they have everyone fit they

08:12have a fair and very good chance yes is it your favorite I haven't played all of

08:18them I like Barcelona at the moment a lot as well Arsenal is a very good team

08:23Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich is impressive so it's gonna be a

08:27close goal like it was tonight and then if if if if if they go to the quarter

08:33final or semi-final and they have to take penalties maybe then the other

08:37team would win it I don't know but they are are one of the richest clubs in

08:41Europe so it's not such a surprise that they compete every season for for

08:47winning the Champions League

08:57hi Arnie it was a privilege to watch both matches you mentioned earlier that

09:02PSG was a little bit better in extra time and what was that down to do you

09:06had the impression that maybe PSG was a little bit fresher and if so how much of

09:10an impact does the Premier League have on that no I don't think the last thing has

09:14any influence on that I think in the second half of normal time we looked

09:19fresher and better there was only one team in my opinion I was waiting for us

09:25to score a goal except for the last three or four minutes when quite a scaly

09:28I got the free kick and hit one just over the bar but maybe they were these

09:33were the only two times that they had a shot on target in the second half we had

09:37to had her on the post so these are the margins where we talk about I think Mo

09:43had a shot that was cleared off the line so many set pieces we have we came

09:48really close but I have to give credit to police as you may as well because if

09:53you have to play in this stadium with these fans again such a strong Liverpool

09:57team and you're able to get a 1-0 win over the line after 90 minutes then you

10:02have to be a very very very good team to be able to do so thank you everyone

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