PSG knock Liverpool out of Champions League 2024/25: Key stats
What's the story
Paris Saint-Germain knocked Liverpool out of the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League winning 4-1 on penalties.
PSG kept Liverpool out for 120 minutes at Anfield after having earlier leveled the tie through Ousmane Dembele's early goal (12').
The Reds failed to break down PSG despite doing well in normal time. PSG changed things around in extra-time but the scoreline wasn't impacted.
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Penalties
Key details of the shootout
Vitinha (PSG) scored: 1-0
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) scored: 1-1
Goncalo Ramos (PSG) scored: 2-1
Darwin Nunez (Liverpool) missed: 2-1
Ousmane Dembele (PSG) scored: 3-1
Curtis Jones (Liverpool) missed: 3-1
Desire Doue (PSG) scored: 4-1
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Donnarumma the hero for PSG
PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma proved to be PSG's hero, saving two penalties. Firstly, he dived to his left and denied Nunez, making it a comfortable save. Secondly, Jones tried to find the bottom left corner and the goalkeeper guessed correctly.
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Here are the match stats
PSG had 21 attempts with 8 shots on target. The Reds had 19 attempts with only three shots on target. Liverpool had 41 touches in the opposition box compared to 33 from PSG. The Parisans had 54% ball possession.
Dembele
29 goals for Dembele this season for PSG
Dembele has raced to 29 goals from 36 matches this season for PSG in all competitions. In addition to his 29 goals, he has six assists.
He has 7 goals in the Champions League from 10 matches (1 assist).
Overall, the former Barcelona player has 35 goals for PSG in 78 matches across two seasons.
He scored six goals last season (12 assists).
Match
Summary of the contest
Dembele handed PSG the opening goal early on after Barcola cut the ball inside from out wide on the right.
PSG had more chances thereafter to add to their tally.
Liverpool stepped up in the 2nd half and saw Jarell Quansah hit the inside of the left post, but a goal never arrived.
PSG were the better side in extra-time and came close.
Opta stats
Contrasting records for Liverpool's Alisson and Jones
Liverpool's Alisson Becker made 16 saves across both legs against PSG (excluding penalty shootout). It's the most by a goalkeeper in a Champions League knockout tie since Manuel Neuer for Bayern Munich vs Real Madrid in the 2016-17 quarter-finals (16).
Jones is just the second Englishman to miss a penalty in a Champions League penalty shootout, along with John Terry in the 2008 final.
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Maiden shootout defeat for the Reds in this competition
As per Opta, Liverpool lost a penalty shootout in the European Cup/Champions League for the 1st time ever, winning three such shootouts before this. PSG are now the 2nd French side to win a shootout in the competition after Bordeaux.
1st leg
Liverpool overcame PSG in Champions League R16 first leg
Earlier, Liverpool pulled off a stunning 1-0 victory over PSG in the first leg of their round of 16 tie.
Harvey Elliott scored just 47 seconds after coming on as a substitute, delivering a late winner that left PSG reeling at their home ground, Parc des Princes.
Despite Liverpool's win, it was PSG who dominated the match. They had 27 shots on goal.