In a remarkable season for Liverpool by Arne Slot, this was perhaps the most incredible result of the party.
2024/2025 UEFA Champions League
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- Elliott (87 ')
Match report
It is a miracle that the Runaway Premier League leaders are still in this Champions League -similar game and an absolute miracle that they have held a clean slate.
But that sub Harvey Elliott should have sealed the Ultimate Smash-and-Grab victory with an 87th minute's winner was more than wonderful, it was just ridiculous.
The score at the top of this page reads as a printing error.
England's champion elect was subjected to a 90-minute pumming of an exciting side of Paris St ..
There were elements of Pure Fortuin, including two large VAR calls that went to their advantage – excluding a first half strike from the phenomenal Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Ibrahima Konate to escape a red card.
But Alisson called on a master class in the goal of Liverpool and the rest was completely about an obdurate Reds team that rarely loses that they have just forgotten how to do that.
Elliott's strike was his first touch since he was less than a minute earlier as a bottom.
Kvaratskhelia and Ousmane Dembele had been beautiful all night but ended with nowt. Elliott sat on the couch for so long, but won it.
It is supposed to be the Perma-Champions PSG of France that do not get good competition in their domestic competition. In this competition it felt like Liverpool – which is simply never dominated in the Premier League in this way.
Yet they go back to Anfield on Tuesday as favorites to book a likely all-English quarterfinals against Aston Villa.
Both clubs are champions – elected in their home countries – both 13 points clearly at the top of
And if the form of Liverpool had been excellent, PSGs would have been even better – they had scored 40 goals in a series of ten consecutive victories.
The Paris Galactico era is over after Kylian Mbappe Lionel Messi and Neymar followed from the starting door. There was a good team in their place.
And Slot's side was subject to a beautifully pounding, pass-and-Move football from the gods, as well as dribbling and nutmegerie from the Messi school.
The fact that the goal of Alisson survived for 45 minutes undamaged was really extraordinary.
At the center of all this, Dembele – the hottest attacker in Europe stood with 14 goals from his previous 18 games – and the Georgian winger Kvaratskhelia – try to get the ball from him, try to spell his name.
First Sprint Dembele along the right side, along two Liverpool players and centried to Joao Neves to shoot inexplicably.
When Nootmegde Mac Allister and sprinted by four Liverpool defenders before his shot was widely bent from Virgil van Dijk.
And then 20 minutes Paris thought they had taken a well -deserved lead when Vitinha fourth for Kvaratskhelia to bend a left shot in the far corner.
You could have entered the center of the city and hung it in the Louvre – but then the VAR robot excluded it for a fractional offside.
If that was a bit of luck for Liverpool, the next outrageous happiness was.
Ibrahima Konate pushed over Bradley Barcola on the edge of the box, but the incident was thrown away by the Italian ref Davide Massa.
Liverpool launched a counterattack, but the game was stopped for a red card check against Konate, but Var Aleandro di Paolo surprisingly allowed the decision on the field.
Here was the 'high beam' for VAR interventions, which we should have in the Premier League, but it was clearly not.
Then Kvaratskhelia produced a nightmare for full-backs and spell controls and a bright long-ranger pushed by Alisson.
Then Barcola Demebele fed, where Alisson hurried to block – Barcola with a follow -up effort blocked by Dominink Szoboszlai before his next shot was cut.
And then the Countdown Conundrum man shot between defenders like a rat in a metro before he nutsed king with a shot that alisson folds away.
The defenders of Liverpool had seen so much of the name on the back of his shirt that they might even spell it.
It was difficult to remember such a sublime performance of 45 minutes that were untaxed. Read the score as a printing error.
The red, simply not used to these types of pummels, approached themselves for the precious life. The Shot count Las 13-1 in favor of the French champions.
Kvaratskhelia pinged a free kick just wide and then forced a rescue from Alisson.
When Liverpool succeeded in breaking, Nuno Mendes Mo Salah had under lock and key.
Van Dijk was booked for a waste of time – one of the most praising yellow cards ever seen. Liverpool desperately wished this 90 minutes away.
Darwin Nunez arrived instead of Diogo Jota and soon left PSG keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma who needed treatment.
And then the ridiculous denouement came when Alisson put forward, Nunez held it up and moved a pass to Elliott who drilled past Donnarumma, who should have done better.
The ended PSG's undefeated run of 22 games. And it all reasons.
Match -Events
0 'The game is about to start!
6 'Dembélé's newly deflated from the referee
8 'Beckham was present and looked closely at the game
9 'Fabián Ruiz's left shot is close by, but fog fog right on the right
16 'Dembélé dribbled past two and crossed, but João Neves missed the target
17 'Vitinha hit the box from outside and misses the target closely
20 'Kvaratskhelia curled it in the far corner, but the offside flag has switched it off
25 'Barcola went down after contact with Konaté, but the referee waved up.
28 'Kvaratskhelia's long -distance shot was saved by Alisson
30 'Dembélé's one-on-one was saved by Alisson and Barcola had two fast attempts
37 'Kvaratskhelia's breakthrough is denied by a stunning salvation by Alisson
49 'Dembélé Dribbelt along a defender and fires from outside the box, but shoots high
53 'Kvaratskhelia takes a free kick, but Alisson saves the ball again
56 'Kvaratskhelia curls it outside the box, but Alisson collects the ball
62 'Dembélé takes a corner directly on goal, but Szoboszlai knew about the line
70 'Achraf Hakimi withdraws a cut, but Dembélé shoots High
73 'Núñez challenges in the box and collide with the advancing Donnarumma
80 'Doucouré cuts inside and curls to the far corner, but Alisson saves it again
85 'Dembélé curls a left shot from the right, but Alisson saves the ball
87 'goal! PSG 0-1 Liverpool (Harvey Elliott)
Line-ups
PSG XI: Marquinhos, Dembele, Fabian Ruiz, Donnarumma, Hakimi, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Vitinha, Pacho, Nuno Mendes, Barcola, João Neves
Subs: Kimpembe, Lucas, Safonov, Arnau tenas, Kang-in Lee, Gonçalo Ramos, Beraldo, Zaire-Emy, Doue, Mayulu, Mbaye
Liverpool XI: Alisson, Salah, Van Dijk, Robertson, Jota, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai, Luis Díaz, Gravenberch
Subs: Endo, Tsimikas, Kelleher, Chiesa, Nunez, Curtis Jones, Jaros, Elliott, Quansah, James McConnell, Trey Nyoni
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