Liverpool fans deliver verdicts on PSG defeat, Arne Slot future and Everton showdown
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Our Liverpool fans' jury have their say on the Champions League exit to Paris Saint-Germain and this weekend's massive Merseyside derby at Hill Dickinson StadiumLiverpool will attempt to bounce back from their Champions League exit to holders Paris Saint-Germain by winning the first-ever Merseyside derby at Everton's new Hill Dickinson Stadium home on Sunday (2pm kick-off).It will be no easy task given Everton come into the game with confidence high after three wins and a draw in their last five Premier League matches.But if Liverpool can replicate the second-half performance they produced against PSG on Tuesday, they could mark the historic encounter with a victory that would go a long way to securing Champions League football for next season.And ahead of the big match, our Reds fans' jury have returned to have their say...Rhys BuchananIt goes without saying that our expectations were fully tempered head into the midweek clash against PSG. It’s a testament to the Reds then, that I really did believe we had a chance during large spells of the game before the Parisians extinguished hope.Ultimately, I left the ground proud that we went down swinging and did ourselves some credit as fans and players.
Games don’t come much bigger, do they?James NobleThere was certainly plenty to think about as we made our way out of Anfield following Tuesday’s Champions League exit at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain.Encouragement could be taken from several components of the evening. It would be amiss not to praise PSG’s class, too – that was persistently evident and, in the end, decisive.Renewed questions around the team’s evolution and Arne Slot’s future have, understandably, followed, with Hugo Ekitike's cruel Achilles injury impacting the former topic.Focus now turns to Sunday’s significant first visit to the Hill Dickinson Stadium.
The Premier League top-five pursuit offers clarity of purpose for the coming weeks, at least, and – particularly if some of Tuesday’s upsides are echoed and amplified – can hopefully lay the foundations for broader headway.Andrew CullenThe light of our season has been dimming for some time, and PSG extinguished the faint flicker on Tuesday evening.The team and the manager have rightly been questioned this year for their spirit and fight, but we saw a performance at least on Tuesday evening. There were glimmers of the old Liverpool, and just for a moment mid-way through the second half, as the atmosphere dialled up, and as pressure was being exerted to the PSG backline, it felt like the fuse had been lit, but PSG managed to put out our spark and our faint European hopes.We can probably point to some injustices during the game, but it would be indefensible to suggest that PSG did not deserve the semi-final place; Liverpool were outfought physically and outthought tactically across the two games.Arne Slot’s tenure hangs by a thread.