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Slot: PSG loss ‘best game of football I was ever involved in”

Arne Slot said that Liverpool’s Champions League loss to Paris Saint-Germain was the “best game of football” he had ever been involved in.

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Slot witnessed “best game of football” despite losing to PSG

Liverpool won the first leg of the tie 1-0, thanks to a late goal from Harvey Elliott.

However, Ousmane Dembélé found the back of the net to bring PSG level on aggregate.

Eventually, the French side prevailed in the shootout after Gianluigi Donnarumma saved attempts from both Darwin Nuñez and Curtis Jones.

Desire Doue hammered home the winning penalty as PSG advanced to the quarterfinals.

Despite Liverpool’s Champions League exit, Slot described their clash with PSG as the “best game of football” for him.

“It was the best game of football I was ever involved in,” Slot told reporters after the match.

“I don’t have the history that Liverpool has as a manager but it was two teams at an incredible level. It was an incredible intensity in the first 25 minutes.”

“I also remember the first 25 against Manchester City at home and the first 25 against Real Madrid but this was unbelievable, what we showed in the first 25. But I looked at the scoreboard and we were 1-0 down.”

“Over 90 minutes, I don’t think we deserved to lose this game of football. Over 180 minutes, maybe it was deserved that we went to extra time. In extra time, I thought maybe PSG were a bit better than us, and then it comes down to penalties and we lost.”

Tough luck for Liverpool

Liverpool finished top of the Champions League league phase, winning seven of eight games.

However, Slot’s side absorbed a shock loss to the French champion.

The Dutch manager, in his first season at Anfield, tried to stay positive despite the defeat.

“Of course it’s a shock and it’s maybe not the moment to tell [the players] now but last season we weren’t involved in the Champions League, the season before we went out losing 5-2 to Real Madrid at home,” Slot said.

“So if you have to go out, then go out in a way that we did against one of the best teams in Europe, making such a fight out of it.”

“For us, it’s so unlucky that if you are No.1 in the [league phase] table that you then face PSG who are one of the best teams in Europe, but that’s the format we are in. We have to accept it and we will come back stronger next season.”

Liverpool must now turn their focus to this weekend’s Carabao Cup final against Newcastle United.