Virgil Van Dijk told his Liverpool teammates “Chin Up and get ready for the next challenge” after their dreams from the Champions League were destroyed by Paris Saint-Germain in Anfield this evening.
PSG won 4-1 on a penalty shootout after the goal of Ousmane Dembele in the first half pulled the sides of level 1-1 on the aggregates.
The two teams had the chance to win it during an absorption of 120 minutes before Gianluigi Donnarumma saves penalties from Darwin Nunez and Curtis Jones to send the men of Luis Enrique.
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Wentbley following for Liverpool
Liverpool will have to bounce back quickly if they want to claim their first silverware piece this season while their next match comes on Sunday against Newcastle in the EFL Cup final in Wembley.
Captain Van Dijk told Amazon Prime: “It was a great very intense football game, I also think of being part of it. It was totally there to Liverpool and unfortunately, we are in penalties and it is reality.
“I think that in the first half, we created dangerous moments and they also have the quality, then it comes back to the penalties.
“It’s part of football. I said to the guys, obviously, you can be disappointed because we are out of competition, but let us ment and prepare yourself for the next challenge, a beautiful on weekends. “”
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🎥 Key moments while the Reds suffer from Chagrin of the Champions League against PSG
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Liverpool improves but still not enough
Liverpool brought his chance last week to ensure a 1-0 victory in the Parc des Princes last week with the goalkeeper Alisson making a series of beautiful stops before Harvey Elliott strikes late.
They were much better tonight, although PSG carried the greatest threat over the match.
“I think we were also good today, and you want to go as much as possible, but we knew that when we drew PSG, it was going to be very difficult,” added Van Dijk.
“We have seen [that] In Paris, when we had trouble, but we won, and today we saw a very good Liverpool side, but we are out of competition.
“When fatigue comes into play for both sides, it becomes more open but above all a regular time, we have shown a very good match. We can talk about the game for centuries, but we are out of competition, it is reality. »»
