Jamie Carragher expressed his surprise during CBS Sports coverage following Liverpool's penalty shoot-out defeat to Paris Saint-Germain. He noted that PSG seemingly had two key advantages, having presumably won the coin toss, allowing them to choose both the order of penalty takers and the end of the shoot-out. Despite the confusion, Carragher acknowledged that PSG deserved their victory, while also reflecting on Liverpool's disappointment despite a strong position in the aggregate score from the first leg. Nonetheless, positives remain for Liverpool, including hopes for the Premier League title and an upcoming Carabao Cup final.
One thing I couldn't work out with the penalties was, obviously there was a coin toss with Virgil van Dijk [and PSG's captain]. PSG must've won it to take it to the other end [away from the Kop] but then also took the first penalty. So I wasn't quite sure what happened there. Normally you only get one advantage and the other team gets the first penalty but PSG deserved to go through.
Liverpool will be disappointed not to have taken advantage of their strong position going into this second leg, as they'd won 1-0 away to PSG last week.
Still, the Ligue 1 giants probably played better over both games and look like they'll be a major force in the competition this season.
Liverpool also still have plenty to be positive about as they're surely going to win the Premier League title and have a Carabao Cup final against Newcastle United to look forward to this weekend.
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