Parc des Princes did not witness the rout that even Liverpool might have privately feared but the gulf in quality between Paris Saint-Germain and Arne Slot?s side was laid bare throughout the Champions League quarter-final. Liverpool leave Paris with hope, having arrived with none, but will require a dramatic recovery just to lay a glove on the European champions at Anfield next Tuesday.
A fortunate, deflected strike from D?sir? Dou? and a superb second from Khvicha Kvaratskhelia gave the holders a deserved first leg advantage and it could so easily have been more. Ousmane Demb?l? missed a hat-trick of openings, his final effort striking the outside of a post, while Nuno Mendes and Dou? were also guilty of failing to punish vulnerable opponents.
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A fortunate, deflected strike from D?sir? Dou? and a superb second from Khvicha Kvaratskhelia gave the holders a deserved first leg advantage and it could so easily have been more. Ousmane Demb?l? missed a hat-trick of openings, his final effort striking the outside of a post, while Nuno Mendes and Dou? were also guilty of failing to punish vulnerable opponents.
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