Paris Saint-Germain 0-1 Liverpool: Match Report & Ratings | OneFootball

By Leah Bower

A goalkeeping masterclass – Harvey Elliot might’ve got the goal but Alisson Becker won that tie.

Liverpool had a promising first 5 minutes with a few balls over the top for Diaz to chase down on the left-hand side but amounted to nothing.

From the 8th minute, PSG were on top.

Whether it was mistakes from poor balls into an open PSG midfield, or Ousmane Dembélé dancing down the wing, embarrassing Robertson and Macallister.

Dembélé got more and more chances down the right wing to send crosses in which set Vitinha up for a wide shot.

PSG’s corner got punched out to Vitinha and passed into Khvicha Kvaratskhelia who curled the ball into the back of the net, but thankfully for the Reds, the Georgian was marginally offside.

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The pressure kept building and Konate left a little bit too much on the back of Bradley Barcola who got checked by VAR for a potential red card but it was deemed legal.

Alisson earned his praises with a monumental save as Dembélé was in huge amounts of space to get 1v1 with the Brazilian. Alisson got enough on the shot to rebound it to the feet of Bradley Barcola whose initial shot was blocked by Szoboszlai and his second was fired over the bar.

Yet again Alisson came to the rescue after Kvaratskhelia danced through 4 Liverpool defenders down the left to get a deflected shot saved.

Liverpool had a small chance at the end of the half following a corner to land just short of Salah at the back post, but it somehow ended back in the PSG midfield.

Getting to half time felt like a win, Reds fans would have been happy with a 1-0 loss at this point.

Liverpool came back out of the tunnel slightly more switched on, yet the heavy press was still on from PSG.

Alisson was making save after save, setting up counterattacks but still the Liverpool forwards produced nothing.

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Every midfield battle was won by PSG, but Liverpool could not get the second ball.

It slowly turned into a basketball match with Liverpool getting a bit more confident as PSG started to tire and run out of ideas.

Despite Dembélé’s ever-presence on the wings, Robertson and Trent put in an excellent performance to shut down most of what came into the 18-yard box, forcing a lot of long-range efforts.

Slot made his changes around the 67-minute mark and that’s where momentum started to shift.

Nunez created that direct threat to scare the PSG backline, and Jones was able to keep possession.

Dembélé sent a lovely cross in from the right-hand side in front of the goal but no one got on the end of it – only Alisson.

Endo was brought on to solidify the midfield and it felt as though a 0-0 draw would’ve been enough for the Reds after a tough evening in Paris.

Doué curled in an effort from range but yet again Alisson had a huge hand to stop it from nestling in the back of the net.

Elliot came on for Salah, and 47 seconds later, the Reds were in front.

87 minutes in, Alisson sent a long ball down to Nunez, who held the ball up perfectly to send it out wide to Elliot who calmly slotted it past Donnarumma who should’ve got a stronger hand to the shot.

PSG had almost run out of ideas, but Nuno Mendes tried one last attempt as he ran past two players down the right-hand side to fire a cross into the box only for it to be met by none other than Alisson Becker.

Somehow Liverpool came out of possibly their toughest match so far this season unscathed and ahead in this tie, reassured they have the best goalkeeper in the world.

PSG will be rueing every chance they missed in Paris, knowing they still have to travel to Anfield next week.

Player Ratings

XI – Alisson – 9.5, TAA – 7, Konate – 6, Virgil – 6, Robertson – 7, Gravenberch – 6, Macallister – 6 Szoboszlai – 6, Diaz – 6, Jota – 6.5, Salah – 5

Subs – Jones – 8, Nunez – 7.5, Endo – 7, Elliot – 8