Liverpool/PSG – semis, Dembélé, resilience, injuries: tops and flops! | OneFootball

This Tuesday evening, Paris Saint-Germain won 0-2 (0-4 on aggregate, Liverpool/PSG highlights) against Liverpool in the second leg of the 2025-2026 Champions League quarter-finals at Anfield. Here are the tops and flops from this win.

Tops –

❤️ 3rd semi-final in 3 years, PSG more than ever among Europe’s elite

Even in a match where Paris often played out from the back in a rather “strange” way, with sloppy passing and control play, not to mention the weather conditions that did not help them settle into their game, Paris still won. No goals conceded, and still dominant for a good part of the match, so this impressive team will be back in the semi-finals, where a major opponent awaits.

Dembélé

Even though he should have scored in the first half to avoid giving Liverpool room to come back, he never gave up and was once again decisive at the best possible moment. His mentality is right, his quality is there, and he is one of the key men in this PSG side that scares everyone.

In no particular order – Safonov, Marquinhos, Pacho

If Paris kept a clean sheet, they also owe a lot to that trio. Safonov was good and decisive, just like his defensive teammates. Pacho made a complicated match look much more “easy.” Always quick to win his duels, he was, like Marquinhos, an essential piece during the mini-storm Liverpool produced. If Paris has certainties in midfield and attack, its defense clearly no longer has anything to be ashamed of compared with the competition.

Flops –

😡 Doué/Nuno Mendes went off injured

It is never good news to leave a match of this level through injury, even less so at this stage of the season. We hope it is nothing serious, but once again this season, PSG is going through difficult spells that are giving Luis Enrique headaches. The squad is already thin, and they really cannot afford more problems before facing Real Madrid or Bayern Munich.

Less technical quality: passing accuracy, poorly controlled build-up play

We would have liked the team, in the difficult moments, to avoid giving the ball back to Liverpool. The Parisians were a little behind in every area during the second half (or at least part of it), and that allowed Liverpool to play on the front foot. Paris’s strategy was not the right one to relieve the pressure, even if in the end, quality made the difference.

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