Liverpool must summon spirit of Anfield after torrid Champions League night against PSG

If you reflect on the whole game we should be lucky to lose only 2-0 because they had more chances than the goals they scored. The first goal was hard because we had hardly given anything away before the deflection but after they had more. It’s very good for us that we are still in the tie and can bring them back to Anfield which, we all know how much of a difference Anfield can make for us.

I watched the game yesterday between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid and saw how very important Manuel Neuer was for Bayern making many, many saves, that’s what Georgi [Mamardashvili] did for us today. You need performances like that against teams like Paris Saint-Germain. We tried to do everything to prevent them scoring, I think that is what you saw, but it was difficult. The moments when we needed Georgi he was there. Unfortunately the first one was deflected.

We want to create much more but they had the ball a lot, had incredible pace and tempo all over the place. You can se we tried many times to press them high and it worked a few times but when we went man-to-man they went past us. In a low block we [were harder to beat] but then the first goal was when we were in a low block. A few times players were in promising positions, Hugo [Ekitike] once with Marquinhos, but that is also their quality.

I stood here [in a] similar [position] last season. Although we won, the game was like that [PSG dominant]. But at Anfield it was a completely different game and we are still in this tie.

Tough work but it was expected. I think we defended with a lot of bodies around the box. The first goal was a deflection. Not happy losing here whatsoever. But we have another game next week and a quick turnaround.

They move around everywhere, it’s what they do. You have to take risks, wait for the right moment to win the ball and hit them on the counter. We didn’t do that hut hopefully we can do that better at Anfield next week.

Hopefully the saves will be very crucial. Last year we should have lost but won it and Ali[sson] had the best match of his career. We have to have a special performance next week but we have a very important game against Fulham before that and we have to focus on that.

They are European champions let’s not forget. Away or home it doesn’t matter for them [PSG]. Hopefully our fans can play a big part next week. I have seen many special things at Anfield. They are the backbone of our club. We have to be absolutely spot-on in everything we do and hopefully the fans can play a big part in that as well.

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