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Jhon Solis, of Girona, and Andy Robertson, of Liverpool, shake hands after the Champions League clash at Estadi Municipal de Montilivi(Image: Felipe Mondino/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

A Mohamed Salah penalty was the difference as Liverpool won 1-0 at Girona on Tuesday night to preserve their 100% record in the Champions League league phase.

Meanwhile, Liverpool's winner was not without a cloud of controversy, as Donny van de Beek was only penalised for a foul on Luis Diaz in the box after a VAR review.

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The Spanish and Catalan media were left feeling proud of Girona’s performance, but could not help wondering what might have been with the loss leaving them on the verge of elimination.

“Girona came within a whisker of interrupting Liverpool's Champions League triumph, but Europe has once again turned its back on them,” wrote Amadeu Garcia of El Mundo.

“Nothing suggested such an outcome in a first half in which the huge gap between the two teams in the standings was not reflected on the pitch.

“After the goal 0-1, Míchel's men seemed to find renewed spirit to look for the opponent's goal.

In the Champions League and against a Liverpool that left (and came out) Montilivi with the sign of leader of the Premier League and the current Champions League.

The maxim was 'run, run and run again', that was non-negotiable because Liverpool had already shown him from the start of the match that the ball was going to be 'red'.

“Girona not only survived Liverpool in the first half, if it were boxing and everything was decided by points, the Girona players' arms would have gone to heaven because while they shot four times on goal, Liverpool were left with three, one less.

“A cruel blow for a Girona that has not turned a game around all season and so dreaming of 'scraping' a point from Liverpool was an impossible mission.

And it is that it did not have a chance either.”

Meanwhile, Xevi Masachs wrote for L’Esportiude Catalunya: “Girona fell with their heads held high against Liverpool, who took the victory in Montilivi thanks to a VAR penalty.”

His colleague, Joel Sebastian, added: “A very worthy role for Girona, who, after losing their excess of respect for Liverpool as the minutes passed, faced an English team that won by the narrowest margin thanks to an innocent penalty from Van de Beek on Luis Díaz executed by Mohamed Salah.”

And finally, Joan Domenech of El Peridico pointed to Liverpool’s freshness after the postponed Merseyside derby and Alisson’s return from injury as decisive factors for Slot’s side.

“Liverpool, leaders of everything, the Premier League and the Champions League, arrived at Montilivi in a very ecstatic mood for an anaemic Girona, who had just been eliminated from the Cup by Logroñés and thrashed by Madrid,” he wrote.

The changes of the summer are manifested in all their crudeness in the attack with the loss of a very relevant, decisive dose of gunpowder, against the world powers that have plenty of resources.

“It did not help a bruised and worn-out Girona that the capricious weather caused a storm in England that suspended the Liverpool derby.

“Arne Slot had no one to rest or anyone to reserve for the next match against Fulham, although the caution given the comfortable leadership in the Premier League and the Champions League and the quality of the squad encouraged him to keep some cards up his sleeve.