Écraser et attraper, as those at the Parc des Princes might say. What else can you say, after a victory that defied a lot of logic – but not all logic? Liverpool fc got away with one, and they have to now think this stunning 1-0 away to Paris Saint-Germain gets them halfway into the quarter-final. A young Paris Saint-Germain will now only feel regret, after what must have been one of the great unfulfilled Champions League performances. It should have been one of the great performances, full-stop. That might instead be said of Alisson Becker, who did so much more than set the stage for impact substitute Harvey Elliott’s 87th-minute winner, or keep Liverpool in the game.
He kept them from getting hammered. "If we got a draw, we would have been lucky," Arne Slot acknowledged. Luis Enrique lamented how "football is often a game of injustices". "We were very superior", he emphasised. If Liverpool were hugely unfortunate to have to face Paris Saint-Germain having finished first in the group stage, there was instant karma. They were just as fortunate not to be out of the tie by the half-hour mark.
