Dembele praises Liverpool and Anfield atmosphere after PSG Champions League victory
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Ousmane Dembele scored twice as PSG knocked Liverpool out of the Champions League, with the 2025 Ballon d'Or winner admitting the Premier League champions made it 'work for it' at AnfieldOusmane Dembele celebrates his second goal against Liverpool, which sealed Paris Saint-Germain's 2-0 win at Anfield(Image: Xavier Laine/Getty Images)Ousmane Dembele acknowledged that Liverpool made Paris Saint-Germain 'work for it' and praised the Anfield atmosphere after his goals secured the holders' passage to the Champions League semi-finals.PSG were strong favourites to advance heading into Tuesday's second leg on Merseyside following their 2-0 first-leg victory at the Parc des Princes, courtesy of goals from Desire Doue and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.Dembele, the 2025 Ballon d'Or winner, squandered opportunities to make the final scoreline even more convincing in the French capital. Speaking to CBS Sports following his match-winning brace, the France international said: "The first match and the second match are always different, and in a stadium like that, it's always difficult.Ousmane Dembele scored at Anfield to end Liverpool's hopes of a Champions League comeback.(Image: 2026 UEFA)"We came here to take the win, that was our mentality, and the most important thing is we got through."It's a stadium that is a difficult stadium and it's a difficult team.
But we're happy that we were able to take this match-up."PSG manager Enrique mirrored Dembele's sentiments, conceding that the outgoing Premier League champions were worthy of finding the net.He said: "It was an important game for us, a top game not just for our fans or Liverpool's but for all fans. Things got even tougher for us in the second half but we showed what kind of team we are.
Liverpool definitely deserved to score over the course of the game."Had we conceded a goal early on it would have been really difficult so you need things to go your way and it is wonderful to have these kind of players in the clubs and the fans as well, their support was extraordinary. We know we have incredible players and when we play as a team we are difficult to beat.