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Liverpool boss Arne Slot believes that the winter break for Paris Saint-Germain played a key factor in their Champions League disappointment.

Paris Saint-Germain out-played Liverpool during the extra-time due to the fatigue factor before eventually eliminating the Reds in the Champions League.

Speaking to Liverpoolfc.com (via YouTube), Slot revealed that he believes the winter break played a crucial role for Paris SG to eliminate Liverpool in the Champions League.

Today you always try to reflect on our loss [on Tuesday] and one of the things I am really curious to see is that Paris Saint-Germain did have a winter break and their intensity levels over two games were very high.

“We have been on a relentless streak of games for four months now, so [it will be] interesting to see how other teams are able to do, like Paris Saint-Germain.

But this is also a quality of Newcastle – they are a team that can play on a high intensity, like Paris Saint-Germain, like us

That’s why Paris Saint-Germain went to the next round and that’s why Newcastle went to the final, because that is modern football: you need intensity to win games.”


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