While PSG moves to Liverpool this Tuesday, March 11, an image goes around England and could disgust the Parisian even more.
Paris has an appointment with her destiny this Tuesday. Faced with Liverpool, PSG must imperatively establish itself in Anfield to join the quarter -finals of the Champions League. A match which promises to be particularly undecided and which risks playing on an action, a shot … as in the first leg with the cruel scenario which struck the Parisians (1-0 defeat with a goal in the 88th). “A miracle to win,” even launched the Liverpool coach after the meeting.
The statistics of this PSG-Liverpool show the hallucinating domination of Parisians and the real “English robbery” of the Reds, as the team titled. Paris has shot 27 times, 11 times in the interior of the surface, the attackers of the capital even touched the ball 51 times in the surface of the English against 13 for the latter. And yet, it took only one shot on two attempts to give the victory to Liverpool. And as an image often speaks even more than words or figures, a terrifying graph has been circulating for a few days across the Channel, from media to media, which says he holding heist made last week.
The Sun, The Telegraph, Metro … Number of English media displayed this cruel painting in their pages this week, as if to sink an already groggy PSG by this historical counter-performance. And the newspapers to add other maddening statistics, such as the number of passes made for PSG (694 against 255 for Liverpool), or possession (70 – 30).
Recognizing a completely against current victory, the British press did not fail to salute the strategy of Liverpool coach, Arne Slot, who made the changes at the right time: the scorer, Elliott, replaced Mohamed Salah only a few minutes before his goal. His shot was also his very first play action. Above all, journalists from the Perfide Albion recognized in this Liverpool match that of a large Europe, capable of bending without breaking for almost 80 minutes, based on the stratospheric performance of his goalkeeper Alisson (9 decisive stops), before concluding, surgical, on a single shot on a single shot.
It is indeed the characteristic of the greatest to know how to manage the weak times, to let the storm pass, before a highlight, even if it is the only one in the strong match. Accustomed to having a possession game, the Reds did not have a hand on the meeting, but struck Paris to the best (or at worst) time.
What to discourage Parisians and their coach Luis Enrique? “We were much better than Liverpool. Much better! But they won this match. It is very unfair. I don’t see any negative aspect. I am very proud of my team, very proud of my players. There is a return match in Liverpool. We will not let go,” he warned. Response around 11 p.m. on Tuesday evening.