Virgil van Dijk called Darwin Nunez and his Liverpool teammates to keep their chin up after they crashed from the Champions League.
Darwin Nunez and Curtis Jones saw their fines saved by Gianluigi Donnarumma in Anfield, making Douse Doue the opportunity to send Paris Saint-Germain to the quarterfinals of the competition. The aim of Ousmane Dembele had previously brought the French side up to date, despite an improved performance of the Reds in the second stage.
But Van Dijk's attention is quickly dealing with the following opportunity of Liverpool to find success. A first trophy of the time of Arne Slot that is responsible for the side awaits if they can overcome Newcastle United in the Carabao Cup final.
The leader of Liverpool wants his team to create a wonderful weekend by finding success at Wembley to overcome the disappointment they suffered on Tuesday evening.
“It's part of football,” he said after the game. “I said to the boys: 'You can be disappointed because we are out of the competition, but Chin Up'. Now we are getting ready for the next challenge at the weekend, which is a great one.
“I think we were pretty good today, and you want to go as far as possible, but we knew that if we pulled PSG, it would be very difficult. We saw in Paris when we struggled, but we won, and today we saw a very good Liverpool side, but we are out of the competition.
“Today from the first second and then extra time, when fatigue enters into force for both parties, it becomes more open, but especially regular time, we have shown a very good game. We have been able to talk about the game for centuries, but we are out of the competition, that is reality.”
PSG Baas Luis Enrique has credited Liverpool's performance, but reserved extra praise for his goalkeeper, Donnarumma.
“Both teams deserve to go to the next phase,” he said. “They play better here than we do, but I think my team in Anfield showed a great personality and character in a special stadium.
“We tried to play our best, but it was difficult because they are so intense. Both teams deserve to qualify.
“The character and personality, even when we shoot at the penalty shootout, they showed a great character. I think it clearly shows the team that we are.
“When the draw told us about the match against Liverpool and PSG. Both managers thought the same thing – one of the best matches you can watch in Europe. I think both teams were great.
“It's not about consistency, you have to be great at specific moments. We ago we have suffered a lot in Paris, but football is that way. Sometimes unfair. Today we were lucky, they were posting a few times.” Gigi [Gianluigi Donnarumma] Was as Alisson in the first game. We are happy and confident to go to the next phase. “
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