The mission was clear for PSG: after a defeat at the outward journey to the Parc des Princes (0-1), Parisians must imperatively win this evening in Anfield to hope to qualify for the quarter-finals. A victory for a single gap sent the two teams in overtime, while to qualify directly, PSG had to prevail by two or more goals. For the third time today, PSG went to Anfield, where he had never won: in 1997, a defeat (0-2) after a success at home (3-0) had enabled Paris to pass, and in 2018, they fell (2-3) during the group phase. In good shape in Ligue 1, 16 points ahead of OM, the Ile-de-France club arrived with a wide success in Rennes (4-1), in particular thanks to a double of Dembélé. But tonight, against Liverpool, the stake was much larger: a first victory had to be obtained in Anfield.
Liverpool put a big intensity from the start. Salah quickly worried Paris, but Nuno Mendes saved his family by deviating a strike from Egyptian to a center from the left (4th). A few minutes later, Salah again sowed the danger by erasing Mendes with a small bridge before wrapping a strike from the left, which missed (6th). But while nothing at the start of the match suggested this, PSG was the first to find the fault. Nuno Mendes found Dembélé in the axis, which shifted Barcola on the right. His center at the ground was tackled by Konaté, taking Alisson on the other hand. Dembélé, on the lookout, concluded without shaking the right to open the scoring (12th, 0-1). The match then quickly leaned in favor of Parisians. Dembélé took advantage of a ball lost by Mac Allister in front of Fabian Ruiz to spin towards the goal, but he pushed his ball too far, allowing Alisson to grasp it (32nd). Shortly after, Kvaratskhelia inherited a good ball in the heart of the surface and tried his luck, but his strike was narrowly countered by a Reds defender (34th).
Paris makes Liverpool crack at penalties
Liverpool believed to equalize as soon as the locker room returns. Szoboszlai thought of scoring after an action initiated by Jota for Luis Diaz, finally reported offside. Just before, Donnarumma had diverted a powerful strike from Alexander-Arnold, who then hit the post (53rd). Shortly after, Luis Diaz offered himself a great opportunity with a well -placed head on a corner, but the Parisian goalkeeper released a decisive parade to preserve the advantage of his own (59th). On a corner of Mac Allister, Donnarumma pushes fists, but Salah resumes in the second post. Kvaratskhelia saves in extremis, and the following corner remains without danger. On a corner of Mac Allister, Donnarumma pushed fists, but Salah took over at the second post. Kvaratskhelia intervened in extremis to counter his attempt (62nd). Right after, Donnarumma subsequently received care after a gene, but was able to stay in the field (64th). In an inverted photocopy of the first leg, Paris suffered a lot at the end of the match. Served on the edge of the offside, Darwin Nunez checked before missing its transmission of the right foot, and the ball came out in favor of PSG (80th).
A few moments later, Mohamed Salah sent a pass in the area, but Gianluigi Donnarumma was faster to intercept the ball (84th). After an English domination and several Donnarumma judgments, the meeting finally continued in overtime. A lobed pass found Beraldo, but his head went just to the left of the goal (92nd). In the process, gifted, launched in depth, missed his shot which came close to the left post (95th). Dembélé then had a new chance to give the advantage to PSG, but Alisson made a superb parade (109th). Shortly after, Mohamed Salah fell into the surface after a duel with Nuno Mendes, but the referee let the action continue (115th). After the extensions, the qualification was played during a penaltial session, where Darwin Nunez and Curtis Jones missed their strikes and delivered the victory to the Parisians on a silver set. PSG will probably have to face Aston Villa at the next round, the English club having taken a serious option for qualification thanks to its 3-1 victory on the go against Bruges, before the return match. If the qualification is confirmed, PSG will then find a well -known face in the quarter -final: Unai Emery, his former coach, now at the head of the English club.
