Liverpool boss Arne Slot described Tuesday's Champions League shootout reduction on penalties to Paris St-Germain as "the most effective activity of football I've been linked to", Irrespective of his side exiting the competition Subsequently.
Following shedding past week's very first leg one-0 in Paris, the readers levelled the tie at Anfield on aggregate due to Ousmane Dembele's 12th-minute strike.
Liverpool had an abundance of chances to score themselves, but the game went to time beyond regulation and was decided on place-kicks, wherever PSG keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma saved from Darwin Nunez and Curtis Jones, before Want Doue fired residence to seal a 4-1 good results.
"It had been the top video game of soccer I have ever been involved with," Slot said on Amazon Prime.
"It absolutely was an incredible general performance, particularly when you Assess it with final 7 days. Possibly we ran away from luck because the margins had been so tiny.
"We played the right recreation, except for scoring a target. It absolutely was comparable to Paris previous week, once they played the perfect activity and did not score. And then in time beyond regulation, they ended up possibly a little bit improved."
Defeat leaves Liverpool with a domestic double to play for.
Using a 15-point direct at the top, the Reds are all but sure of winning the Leading League, although they deal with Newcastle in the Carabao Cup remaining at Wembley on Sunday.
"We have been pretty good and you ought to go as significantly as you possibly can, but we realized once we drew Paris that it absolutely was going to be very difficult," admitted Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk.
"In Paris, we struggled but we gained. Today we noticed an excellent Liverpool facet, but we're out in the Competitors."
Scotland still left-back Andy Robertson said the focus will switch to Newcastle now as he included: "It was not meant to become and we have to dust ourselves down. We normally get better, there's a lots of tired legs in there. Cup finals, we take pleasure in them, and that's the most important activity."
PSG boss Luis Enrique felt Liverpool were unlucky as he stated: "Equally on the groups need to Visit the future section.
"They performed a lot better than us below, but I believe my team at Anfield, inside of a Specific stadium showed terrific personality and character.
"I do think it demonstrates Obviously the team we are."