Liverpool o – 2 PSG
Reds: N/A
Paris St-Germain: Somesportswashingprick 73’, 90’
Pre-Match
I just hope this doesn’t go 120 minutes.
So after rolling out a 5-3-2 for the first time all season last week (and getting stomped), we’re rolling out a 4-4-2 for the first time this season. COOL.
And some asshole PSG fans made a commotion during the moment of silence for the commemoration of the Hillsborough disaster. OK, now I’m ready to twat these pricks.
First Half
The first quarter of an hour goes by fairly uneventfully, though the game is being played
at a frenetic pace. Liverpool, obviously, are trying to make a hash of things, and PSG are trying to kill the contest. While neither have created much in these early stages, PSG look far likelier to score (no surprise there).
Welp, Hugo Ekitike went down in a heap without any contact, grabbing his ankle. Looks bad. Probably his Achilles. And he’s being stretchered off. Salah comes on for him. Probably not how Salah wanted to come on for what will likely be his last European night at Anfield.
Salah nearly gets an assist as soon as he comes on, but it leads to a goal line scramble that is somehow not bundled over the line. COME ON FOOTBALL GODS, GIVE US SOMETHING. Pricks.
The half ends 0-0. Unlike the first match, Liverpool are not getting completely run over by PSG. That said, they’re doing little to actually overturn the deficit from the first match, but I guess baby steps or something.
Second Half
Gakpo and Gomez come on to start the second half for Isak and Frimpong. Might as well plant the white flag at the center circle while you’re at it. On the other hand:
Well, Liverpool have started this half on top, and nearly created a breakthrough from a Kerkez backpost run. Please make me eat my words for once this season, you pricks.
ALEXIS MAC ALLISTER WINS A PENALTY FOR LIVERPOOL FOR REAL FOR REAL.
Wait? What the actual fuck?! VAR overturned what appeared to be a stonewall penalty. Mac Allister just got barged over in the box, and then he decides not to give it?! And if you really want to send your conspiracy brain into overdrive, they didn’t show the VAR replay that the ref was watching.
Then Joe Gomez goes off for Rio. And. What? What is even happening?
Ah, after an incredible 30 or so minutes from The Reds, PSG score completely against the run of play. What a sucker punch.
Anfield starting to clear out as the minutes tick down. The Anfield leaving early during a European knockout. Sickening. Not blaming the fans, by the way.
And the fans who left early were rewarded by not seeing PSG score a second in stoppage time.
Final Thoughts
If you play 25 minutes of good football out of 180, this is what happens. Plus, you know, it would’ve been nice to have scored a goal or two during those 25 good minutes. At least Hugo is out for the rest of the season. Wait. That’s also bad. Hmm. Well, I guess this was just a shit night all around.
