‘The best team in Europe’ – Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah opens up on PSG following Champions League exit | OneFootball

Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah (32) is adamant the Reds have been knocked out of the Champions League by the best team in Europe, PSG. The Egyptian international has given a wide-ranging interview to France Football and has opened up on Liverpool’s Champions League early exit despite topping the league phase standings. Arne Slot’s Premier League champions were drawn to play Luis Enrique’s Les Parisiens in the last-16. The Ligue 1 champions eventually prevailed on penalties, knocking out Liverpool on their own Anfield turf.

Salah has admitted that, despite losing the first leg at home with Harvey Elliott scoring an unlikely winner, PSG produced an outstanding performance. “They were so unlucky, and we were so lucky“, Salah said. “Alisson produced his best-ever performance of his Liverpool career.” Unfortunately for Liverpool, Lady Luck favoured the visitors in the return leg. “We struck the posts twice or three times. They did goalline clearances too. We were unlucky too.“

Salah could not tell which one of Liverpool or PSG was the more worthy team to go through, considering both teams dominated one game each. “And then, you lose to penalties. Sometimes, it’s your day. It was their day.” The Premier League season best goalscorer recalled that he shook the PSG players’ hands to congratulate them, and cheered for them to win the Champions League. “We were in great form all season, and in March alone, we hit a bit of a slump. And we ended up facing the best team in Europe at that time.”

Salah added that playing the Carabao Cup Final against Newcastle United just days after this gruelling Champions League defeat at home was “bad timing.”

GFFN | Bastien Cheval