Liverpool's last week has been tragic, leading to elimination from the Champions League and a loss in the League Cup final. After a shaky start against Southampton, they faced Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League round of 16. Despite a fortunate first leg win, PSG retaliated to advance. Recovering from that setback, Liverpool faced Newcastle United, who outplayed them to win the League Cup. Questions about Liverpool's ability to maintain their dominance and competition for trophies are growing amid disappointing performances.
In retrospect, going down 1-0 to bottom-dwelling Southampton last Saturday should have been a warning sign, even if the Reds came back to win 3-1.
Across both legs of their tie, PSG controlled the flow and cadence of the matches, and though Liverpool was able to perform a heist to win the first leg, the Ligue 1 leaders came back to win the second leg and the subsequent penalty shootout.
The Magpies controlled the chances, blocked off Liverpool's vaunted attack from doing much of anything, and then scored when it needed to in order to pick up a 2-1 win.
Its only loss was a 3-2 defeat to PSV Eindhoven in a match that didn't seem to matter at the time. However, that loss made it so Liverpool would face the winner of Brest against Paris Saint-Germain.
Collection
[
|
...
]