Arne Slot, Liverpool's manager, criticized the new Champions League format as 'unfair' after his team was eliminated from the tournament by Paris Saint-Germain (PSG). Despite finishing at the top of the league phase, Liverpool faced a resurgent PSG in the knockout stages. Slot expressed his discontent about being paired against one of Europe's top teams merely due to PSG's low finish in the league phase, emphasizing that it felt unjust for a group winner like Liverpool to exit this early.
"It feels a bit unfair to go out in this round already - to win the group and then play a team as strong as PSG."
"If you go out then maybe go out against one of the best teams, making a fight of it."
"They [PSG] in the end won and for us it is so, so, so unlucky that if you are number one in the league table you face Paris Saint-Germain."
"We were proud of our performance, but it is hard to accept such an outcome against a team that showcased such a strong resurgence."
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