The Paris Saint Germain Manager Luis Enrique was confident that his team could still qualify for the quarter-finals of the Champions League, even though he had lost the first stage of her last game against Liverpool on Wednesday.
The French champions dominated in Paris and collected 27 shots, ten of whom were at their destination. While Harvey Elliott scored the only goal of the game in the 87th minute with Liverpool’s second and last attempt at the game, PSG could not find a way behind an inspired Alisson.
When asked whether his team could tip over the 1-0 deficit on the second leg in Angeldd, Enrique quickly replied: “Without a doubt.”
“There will be an aggressive atmosphere there, but we have nothing to lose now,” the Spanish boss gently provided. “We will go there without speculating. We have already turned this type of situation: Last year we lost our home game in the quarter -finals, but we still qualified [2-3 defeat against Barcelona, then 4-1 victory in the return]. We know that it will be difficult, but again we have nothing to lose and that makes us more dangerous. We will try to look Liverpool in the eye. “
Enrique was full of praise for Arne Slots all conquering outfit before the game, but Liverpool did not come close to the quality that they demonstrated during the largest part of the season.
“I think the analysis of the game is not difficult to do,” Enrique snorted. “We were much superior to Liverpool in the game and with regard to the opportunities created. Against the best team in Europe, we knew a complete game, we knew how to defend well, take risks.
“We deserve a different result. Football can be unfair, they have to accept it. In the first five minutes, Liverpool played better than we played, but then we dominated it. The match was not decided for details because there was a much superior team for the other. Simply Alisson made five extraordinary parades.