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This, though, was one piece of Liverpool history he would have rather avoided.

The disappointing penalty shoot-out defeat to Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday evening not only ended hopes of Champions League progress at the round of 16 stage.

If Liverpool had enjoyed good fortune in earning a 1-0 win in France last week, this time luck was on the side of PSG, not least during a second half in which the Reds produced arguably one of their best 45 minutes of the season but were denied either by the woodwork or some unorthodox goalkeeping from Gianluigi Donnarumma.



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PSG dominated and the home team were hanging on.

The penalties never looked like favouring Liverpool from the moment the toss was lost, PSG going first and kicking towards their fans.

That they didn’t even need to take their fifth penalty after Darwin Nunez and Curtis Jones saw efforts saved by unlikely hero Donnarumma spoke volumes.

PSG also became the first away team to win a game after opting to kick towards the Kop since Real Madrid in the Champions League more than a decade ago.

Yes, this defeat will hurt Liverpool but it cannot be allowed to linger

Not with a Wembley date in the League Cup final against Newcastle United upcoming on Sunday

Indeed, that they are able to go toe-to-toe over 210-plus minutes with Europe’s most in-form team is huge progress on the poor Europa League exit to Atalanta almost 12 months previous.

And the season’s priority remains unchanged
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