Good evening and welcome to the Dee sport’s live coverage of Liverpool’s Champions League clash with Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes (8pm kick-off). The Reds are in Paris for the first leg of the last-16 tie with the reverse fixture following next Tuesday (March 11) at Anfield.
Liverpool will feel a little hard done by with this draw. Arne Slot’s side won the new league phase of the competition, after winning seven of their eight matches, although they have not been rewarded with favourable opposition in the form of PSG.
Luis Enrique’s side have been in blistering form since the turn of the year and advanced to this stage of the tournament with a 10-0 aggregate win over their domestic rivals Brest. And in Ousmane Dembele, they have one of the most in-form players in European football to call on too.
Still, they will need to be wary of the Reds and Mohamed Salah, who is having an extraordinary year. Liverpool have a 13-point lead at the top of the Premier League and have already dispatched some big names in the Champions League this season.
Reds boss Slot confirmed Cody Gakpo is a doubt for the game after missing training on Tuesday, while Conor Bradley and Joe Gomez are also sidelined.
Ian Doyle will be in place at the Parc des Princes to bring you build-up, including team news, goal updates and reaction to this heavyweight showdown. The match is scheduled to get underway at 8pm. Details on how to watch it can be found HERE
Key Events
Half-time ratings
20:53
Half-time: Paris Saint-Germain 0-0 Liverpool
20:48
NO GOAL
20:22
GOAL! Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 Liverpool (Kvaratskhelia)
20:21
PSG team
18:57
Half-time ratings
Alisson Becker 9
Made two excellent stops to deny Kvaratskhelia, another to keep out Dembele and basically kept Liverpool in the game before the break.
Trent Alexander-Arnold 6
Difficult time up against Barcola but stuck at it and one good piece of covering first half.
Ibrahima Konate 5
Escaped a penalty and possible red for challenge on Barcola and done by Kvaratskhelia for one chance.
Virgil van Dijk 7
Stood up to PSG forwards, particularly at set-pieces, and set the example others needed to follow.
Andy Robertson 5
Found Dembele very difficult to handle but wasn’t only one, and couldn’t be faulted for work-rate.
Ryan Gravenberch 4
A couple of good moments in possession before break but too often hounded out of it and became frustrated with himself. One poor header almost put PSG in.
Alexis Mac Allister 5
Too soft when trying to tackle Dembele and the game was largely played around him.
Mohamed Salah 5
Bested by Mendes in terms of physicality far too often but didn’t get much service.
Dominik Szoboszlai 6
Plenty of running and at least tried to hound PSG into mistakes.
Luis Diaz 4
Failed to offer much going forward before break and defensively didn’t always pick right option.
Diogo Jota 5
Didn’t make most of rare space in one first-half incident and wasn’t able to hold ball up particularly well, but did start to cause issues with pressing.
