Liverpool boss Arne Slot described Tuesday's Champions League shootout loss on penalties to Paris St-Germain as "the best game of football I've been involved in", despite his side exiting the competition as a result.

After losing last week's first leg 1-0 in Paris, the visitors levelled the tie at Anfield on aggregate thanks to Ousmane Dembele's 12th-minute strike.

Liverpool had plenty of chances to score themselves, but the game went to extra time and was decided on spot-kicks, where PSG keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma saved from Darwin Nunez and Curtis Jones, before Desire Doue fired home to seal a 4-1 success.

"It was the best game of football I have ever been involved in," Slot said on Amazon Prime.

Best game I've ever been involved in - Slot on PSG defeat	Slot sanguine after Liverpool exit in ‘best game of football I’ve ever been involved in’	PSG loss 'best game I've been involved in' - Slot

"It was an incredible performance, especially if you compare it with last week.

Maybe we ran out of luck because the margins were so small.

"We played the perfect game, except for scoring a goal.

It was similar to Paris last week, when they played the perfect game and didn't score.

And then in extra time, they were maybe a little bit better."

Defeat leaves Liverpool with a domestic double to play for.

With a 15-point lead at the top, the Reds are all but certain of winning the Premier League, while they face Newcastle in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley on Sunday.

"We were pretty good and you want to go as far as possible, but we knew when we drew Paris that it was going to be very difficult," admitted Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk.

"In Paris, we struggled but we won.

Cup finals, we enjoy them, and that's the biggest game."

PSG boss Luis Enrique felt Liverpool were unlucky as he said: "Both of the teams deserve to go to the next phase.

"They played better than us here, but I think my team at Anfield, in a special stadium showed great personality and character.

"I think it shows clearly the team we are."


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