Arne Slot Reacts to Liverpool’s Slim Victory Against PSG
The Reds will take a one goal lead back to Anfield thanks to a last minute goal from Harvey Elliott.
Well, that certainly happened. It’s not often that Liverpool run into a situation where they were outplayed by the opposition but somehow got a lucky goal to win it. Usually that result goes in the opposite direction for them. But on Wednesday against PSG, Liverpool managed, with the help of Alisson Becker and Harvey Elliott, to keep the home team at bay and also run off with the victory in the dying minutes of the match.
Alisson made save after save to deny the onslaught of attacks on his goal in both halves. Then Harvey Elliott came on and did the work in the 87th minute to steal the winning goal with his first touch of the game.
After the match, Arne Slot summed it up very nicely: “If you look at the result, we come away here really positive but if you look at the performance then they are two different things.”
The match was a frustrating one to watch from both set of fans. PSG must have felt understandably maligned, while Liverpool fans are not used to spending 90 minutes on the back foot.
“I think if we had a draw over here we would have already been lucky, that’s clear for everyone,” Slot admitted.
“I think they were the much better team today, especially in the first half, they had a lot of open chances – three or four big, big, big chances. In the second half they were still the better team, still had a lot of shots on target, but they were mainly from outside the box. But I knew before the game, and I saw again today, how much quality this team has and these individual players have.”
Liverpool will return to Anfield with the confidence of a one-goal lead, but PSG will likely have revenge on their minds, and they proved that they are more than capable of dominating a game.
In between now and then, the Reds have a home game against Southampton to focus on before getting ready for the return leg battle.
Source: liverpooloffside.sbnation.com
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