Paris Saint-Germain’s players were apparently surprised by the underwhelming performance of Liverpool’s players on Wednesday in the Champions League meeting at the Parc des Princes, so much so that, despite defeat, it has made the team even more confident of qualifying for the quarter-finals.

Achraf Hakimi claimed Alisson was ‘man of the match’, Kvaratskhelia said the team ‘deserved much more’, Willian Pacho stated PSG could get ‘a good result’ at Anfield, while Vitinha was the most bullish of the lot.

“We're going to go there, we're going to play a great game and this time, we're going to score.



And we're going to go through, I'm sure of it,” said the Portugal international.

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A source added: “We looked them in the eye, we were superior.” L’Equipe also claims the players were ‘surprised by Liverpool's level on Wednesday evening’ and ‘their total technical control over the match’ leading to a feeling of complete confidence that the side will progress on Wednesday night.

Before that, PSG has a Ligue 1 match against Rennes to focus on

With a 13-point gap at the league summit, that’s understandable.

L’Equipe claims Marquinhos, Nuno Mendes, Joao Neves, Kvaratskhelia and Dembele could all be rested this weekend against Rennes with ‘the players are already looking towards Anfield’