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Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk has praised the crucial contributions of the Reds' substitutes, as well as the standout performance from goalkeeper Alisson Becker in their narrow 1-0 Champions League win over Paris Saint-Germain.

Harvey Elliott compounded the French side's frustration by netting the winner late on.

Van Dijk acknowledges that the battle is far from decided heading into the second leg next week but commended the impact of Elliott and the other substitutes deployed by manager Arne Slot.



Writing in his programme notes ahead of Saturday's Premier League game against Southampton, Van Dijk reflected on the challenges faced at Parc des Princes.

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They showed exactly the right attitude coming into a tough game, and helped secure the advantage for us."

With caution, he added: "Of course, the job still needs to be finished at Anfield next week.

We expect a really tough test in the second leg, but before that we have the visit of Southampton to what I hope will be an extremely noisy and vibrant Anfield."

Alisson spoke of his joy in the aftermath of the drama in the French capital, adding: "The manager told us how hard it would be and we had to be ready to suffer

Hopefully we can play a better game in the second game at home