Liverpool were sent out of Europe by Paris St-Germain in a penalty shoot-out at the wrong end of Anfield and with many of the wrong penalties too.
At the end of a high-quality 120 minutes, in which Ousmane Dembélé levelled the tie, PSG won the toss and took Liverpool down to the Anfield Road end where the visitors had their supporters, and away from the Kop. It came down to who might blink first. That was, in the end, Darwin Núñez and Curtis Jones, both of them having penalties saved by Gianluigi Donnarumma, the scourge of England at Euro 2020. Liverpool, the dominant European team of the autumn and winter Champions League went out in the last 16.
The runaway Premier League leaders could not in the end see off the runaway French league leaders. This young PSG side had taken Liverpool to the limit in the first half. Then Arne Slot’s team came back at them in the second but they could not find the decisive goal that would steer the tie back in their direction.
Full match report to follow
