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Andy Hunter at Philips Stadion

Pepi settles thriller for PSV Eindhoven but Liverpool hold on to top spot

Ricardo Pepi scores PSV Eindhoven’s winner under pressure from Liverpool’s Andrew Robertson.
Ricardo Pepi fights off pressure from Andy Robertson to turn in PSV Eindhoven’s winner in first-half stoppage time. Photograph: Lars Baron/Getty Images

Liverpool lost their 100% record in the Champions League but one suspects Arne Slot will be over the disappointment before he arrives back on Merseyside. It will take Amara Nallo much longer to recover.

The 18-year-old defender was handed his Liverpool debut in the 83rd minute at PSV Eindhoven, one of several young faces to appear in the group finale as Slot returned to the Netherlands with an eye on a more important date with Bournemouth on Saturday. Four minutes later the teenager was off, a disconsolate figure after receiving a straight red card for denying Johan Bakayoko a clear goalscoring opportunity.

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