Liverpool manager Arne Slot says his team will come back stronger next season after their exit from the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday night, Afrosport reports.
The Reds lost 4-1 on penalties at Anfield after Ousmane Dembele’s 12th-minute goal levelled the tie 1-1 on aggregate.
Tuesday’s exit was the third occasion in the last six seasons that Liverpool have gone out from the Champions League in the round of 16.
“If you have to go out then go out in a way like we did against one of the best teams in Europe, and making such a fight out of it,” Slot said after the game.
“I hope and think that every fan around the world, was hoping that this game just kept on going, just wouldn’t stop, because it was incredible. And they… in the end won.
“And for us, it’s so, so, so unlucky that if you are number one in a league table, that you then face Paris Saint-Germain, which is one of the best teams in Europe. But yeah, that’s the format we are in and we have to accept it, and we will come back stronger next season.”
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Meanwhile, PSG boss Luis Enrique called the victory a “significant moment” in the club’s history.
“Well, clearly I’m happy. I’m really pleased with our performance,” the Spaniard said.
“It’s difficult to analyse the game today because I’m still have all of these feelings buzzing around in my head, but I think it’s a really significant moment for us, for the players, for the supporters and the three or four thousand supporters who followed us to Liverpool.”
PSG will get to face the winner of Wednesday’s tie Aston Villa and Club Brugge.
