Only a third defeat of the season in front of Arne Slot, but this season does not matter in the Liverpool trophy.
Finally, the complexity of this new Champions League format had investigated and decided to finish second instead of first not on a heavy road to Munich in May.
So his team selection even showed before they left Merseyside on Tuesday, with stars such as Mo Salah and Virgil van Dijk left at home with their feet up because the Reds were already in the last 16.
Apart from the young players who received valuable minutes, as well as debut on the largest stage in Europe, and Cody Gakpo's nice return to his Boyhood Club PSV, this will not be etched in the memory.
In their 35th game of the season, Slot's Side lost their 100 percent European record in a five-goal with drama, but eyes were elsewhere on the continent. And when Barcelona did not beat Atalanta, the Reds kept in the first place in the 36 team League.
It was a boring start until a moment of madness before it gave Mark Liverpool a penalty. A shocking touch by Joey Veerman trained Federico Chiesa to chase the ball and the PSV man kicked the Italian in a desperate attempt to erase.
Gakpo – who came here through the youth ranks to become a star of the first team – stepped up to shoot the penalty home. There was no celebration out of respect for the club that he left in 2023 to join Liverpool and he was later radiated by hymns from the home fans when he left in the second half.
Gakpo had asked to appear in the game and he was one of the few senior stars that brought Arne Slot to Holland for a game that Liverpool needed nothing. It was the improvised center-back coupling of Jarell Quansah and Andy Robertson who were done for the equalizer.
Johan Bakayoko both sat down after he was locked on a resignation by Ricardo Pepi and fire after 35 minutes. Elliott recovered the lead of the Reds when he bounced a good save from PSV keeper Walter Benitez from a Chiesa strike after Gakpo had done well to drop a Robertson Long Ball forward.
PSV knew that next month they had a place in a play-off round, but could not do better than. Nevertheless, they played as a side that Liverpool wanted to hand over their first defeat in Europe this season.
Ismael Saibari shot in the roof of the net to be the same at 45 minutes before a Mauro Junior Cross from Conor Bradley entered and then the least accents of Pepi to send the hosts in the front break. The second half was relatively drama for free.
That was until Amara Nallo from Liverpool was sent away because he had brought down Bakayoko only four minutes after his debut. It was hard and a pity for the teenager.
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