Liverpool 0-1 Paris Saint-Germain (agg 1-1, pens 1-4): Gianluigi Donnarumma the hero as Les Parisiens down Reds to march into Champions League last eight | OneFootball

Liverpool’s Champions League dreams ended following a penalty shoot-out defeat against Paris Saint-Germain at Anfield on Tuesday.

Arne Slot’s side held a narrow first-leg advantage over their French counterparts and would have fancied their chances of getting the job done in front of their fans.

The game’s first major opportunity fell to the man Liverpool fans would have wanted the most, but Nuno Mendes deflected Mohammed Salah’s goal-bound strike over the bar.

Salah was in on the act once again moments later when he jinked past a couple of challenges before curling an effort past Gianluigi Donnarumma’s left-hand post.

PSG took the lead after a defensive mix-up involving Ibrahima Konate gave Ousmane Dembele the simple task of tapping the ball home from close range.

Seeking to make an immediate atonement for his error, Konate called Donnarumma into action shortly afterwards with a fierce low drive from long range.

PSG nearly caught their hosts out for the second time on the break, although Alisson was able to deny Bradley Barcola after he had been played in on goal.

Diogo Jota was keen to end an eight-game goal drought since mid-January but could not keep his header from Alexis Mac Allister’s corner down.

PSG continued to trouble their hosts on the counter and threatened Alisson’s goal twice in the space of four minutes through Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.

Liverpool flew out of the blocks in the second period and had the ball in the back of the net in the 53rd minute, but Dominik Szoboszlai’s effort was chalked off for offside.

The Reds had threatened from set-piece situations on several occasions and nearly drew level through Luis Diaz, whose header was acrobatically clawed away by Donnarumma.

The contest settled into a more pedestrian affair before picking up again in the final 10 minutes, albeit all to no avail as the tie remained level at the end of regulation time.

Having been under the cosh for large spells of the second half, PSG began extra time on top and worried Alisson twice inside the opening five minutes through substitutes Lucas Beraldo and Desire Doue.

Alisson needed to be at his razor-sharp best to deny Dembele a double barely two minutes into the second period of extra time as PSG continued to pose more of the attacking threat.

Kang-in Lee was the next PSG player to be denied by Allison. That was the final attacking moment of note, and the tie went to penalties.

Vitinha got his side off to a perfect start from 12 yards, but Salah reciprocated to leave the sides level after the first set of spot-kicks.

Goncalo Ramos made no mistake with PSG’s subsequent kick, but Darwin Nunez was unable to restore parity after being denied by Donnarumma.

Dembele kept his cool to put the away side 3-1 up before Donnarumma foiled Curtis Jones.

Doue was handed the responsibility of taking the potentially defining penalty, and he made no mistake converting to send Les Parisiens into the last eight.

PSG will face Aston Villa or Club Brugge in the quarter-finals.