National media react as Liverpool 'luck' questioned after PSG fight - 'no consolation'
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How the national media reacted to Liverpool's 2-0 defeat against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League on Tuesday eveningDon't worry folks, it's nearly all over. Liverpool saw their hopes of Champions League glory ended in predictable fashion as they were beaten 2-0 at home by Paris Saint-Germain in their quarter-final second leg at Anfield on Tuesday evening.Despite the Reds dominating much of the second-half with a lively performance against the holders, a failure to convert chances allowed Ousmane Dembele to strike twice in the last 20 minutes to earn the moneybags French side a 4-0 aggregate triumph.It made for another annoying 90 minutes amid the gloom this season.
All the latest news and analysis from Anfield on the Liverpool Echo's dedicated LFC Facebook pageAndy Hunter, formerly of this parish, looked in The Guardian at how Liverpool ensured this was anything other than a routine defeat."Having exited the FA Cup quarter-final 4-0 and with a whimper, Arne Slot’s side exited the Champions League quarter-final 4-0 on aggregate but with a fight," he writes. The damage inflicted in Paris last week proved irreparable."Martin Samuel wrote in The Times about the lack of fortune that has befallen Liverpool since winning the Premier League last year."What also must be said is that Liverpool have had no luck this season," he pens.
It was in complete contrast to those returning from the French capital last week looking forward to the season being over, such was the plight of this side."Slot, as he has so often this season, will have left the stadium on Tuesday night questioning what could have been. On another night, they would have put away one of their chances and who knows what might have happened from there."Finally, the tall man Paul Gorst is adamant in the ECHO that Liverpool can't afford to lose the momentum of their second-half showing."If defeat No.17 of Liverpool's season is to have any meaning beyond simple Champions League heartbreak, then this sort of performance must now become the blueprint," he opines."Arne Slot's side won't play a better side than European champions Paris Saint-Germain between now and the end of the campaign and they are almost certain not to be beaten again if they reach the levels seen here at times."So if the Reds are to have another crack at the big time next term, they must show this same intensity and purpose when the bright lights of Europe's most lucrative competition aren't beaming down on them."In fact, with Everton, Chelsea and Manchester United still to come, that perhaps bodes well for a team who clearly prefer their fixtures to carry some hype."