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President of Paris Saint-Germain, Nasser Al-Khelaifi (right), celebrates the victory over Liverpool with sporting director Luis Campos(Image: Xavier Laine/Getty Images)

So often a graveyard for French clubs’ European dreams, Anfield was the place where Paris Saint-Germain underlined their Champions League credentials as they overturned a first-leg deficit to eliminate Liverpool on penalties.

Trailing 1-0 in the tie after Harvey Elliott struck late at the Parc des Princes last week, Luis Enrique’s men battled through an early onslaught from the Reds to take the tie to extra-time thanks to Ousmane Dembele’s early goal.

It was cruel but fitting that a contest between two of Europe’s best clubs would be decided by the barest of margins and after 120 minutes of exceptional football on Merseyside, Gianluigi Donnarumma was the hero as PSG prevailed on spot-kicks.



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In an interview with CBS Sports following the match, Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi lauded the “character” his players showed to secure a “very, very special win” against Arne Slot’s side.

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He said: “Liverpool are the best club today in Europe, and they finished first in the group stage and are the Premier League leaders.

“We're very proud, to be honest.

it's something amazing we're building.”

The Parisians made history on the night by becoming the first French club to win a European second-leg at Anfield and inflicted Liverpool’s first-ever defeat in a tie where they brought a first-leg lead back to Merseyside.

For Al-Khelaifi, last night’s victory vindicated the club’s decision to drop their ‘Galacticos’ approach in favour of promoting youth players and pursuing rising stars.

He said: “Today and the last two years and especially to be honest this season, the star is the team.

“Everyone is repeating it; the coach, the players - amazing.

Today we are in a quarter-final, we're not going to say we're going to win the Champions League today.

But the mentality of the players, the coach, is that wherever we go, we're going to win.

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“We want to play offensively, we want to play our style against any team.”