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Virgil van Dijk was spotted deep in conversation with Paris Saint-Germain's president Nasser Al-Khelaifi and Sporting director Luis Campos following Liverpool's penalty shootout defeat in the Champions League.

Salah struggled to impact the tie across the two legs, but did step up and score his penalty, whereas Alexander-Arnold hobbled off midway through the second half of Tuesday's clash and is now a doubt for this weekend's League Cup final.

Given Liverpool's position of comfort in the Premier League, losing so early in the Champions League will no doubt sting for Slot and his players.



Reacting to the game overall, the Dutchman said: "It was the best game of football I was ever involved in.

I don't think the second half, apart from the last five minutes, when they threatened us once or twice.

"We played the perfect game, except for scoring goals, it was the same for PSG last week when they played the perfect game and didn't score, and it happened to us today."

He added: "It's always difficult if you put so much effort in, for the first 25 minutes I've never seen them so aggressive and so intense as they were today, and then you look at the scoreboard and you're 1-0 down, an unlucky goal as well.

When you put in so much effort that's sometimes difficult and in the end it comes down to penalties and we, as Dutch, know how to lose [on penalties]."

Slot will be hoping his players will bounce back this weekend when they take on Newcastle United at Wembley Stadium in the League Cup final.

Kick-off from the national stadium is at 4:30pm on Sunday afternoon.


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