Former Liverpool player takes immediate revenge on PSG with 'relentless' Parc des Princes display
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Tyler Morton did what Liverpool failed to do in the Champions League and beat Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday as Lyon pulled off a big win at the Parc des Princes.Though he is no longer a Liverpool player, Morton has made no secret of his love for the Reds, and he will no doubt have been disappointed to see his old club fail to lay a glove on PSG over two demoralising fixtures.The 23-year-old was given the chance to pit himself against the European champions this weekend, though, and according to French outlet Footmercato, he applied himself well in a surprise Lyon victory. Who was Liverpool’s best player during Sunday’s smash and grab win over Everton?
Photo by James Gill – Danehouse/Getty Images Morton shows Liverpool how to beat PSGHaving seen him deliver an excellent debut campaign in Ligue 1, there is little question that Liverpool should regret selling Morton last summer.It’s true that he was a fair way down the pecking order at Anfield, but, as with his good friend Harvey Elliott, it is hard to argue that Morton could not have helped this season.He demonstrated that once again on Sunday, with Footmercato praising the way the Scouser ‘relentlessly sought to break up PSG’s passing patterns.’Morton is said to have been a ‘constant threat’ during the 2-1 win and was reportedly ‘invaluable in disrupting the Parisian midfield. How Liverpool could have done with a bit of that in the Champions League.Photo by Sathire Kelpa/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty ImagesREAD MORE: Brilliant footage appears to show Steven Gerrard’s reaction to Virgil van Dijk’s Liverpool winner vs EvertonIt should be said that PSG were noticeably under-strength on the back of their visit to Liverpool on Tuesday, but that Luis Enrique was for once forced into a little rotation is certainly not Lyon’s problem.Nor is it Morton’s, and while Lyon players celebrated a rare win at the Parc des Princes, the Liverpool academy graduate surely had a thought for his former club.
A little bit of revenge for two years of pain finally exacted.Morton delighted after PSG winHad Morton stayed at Liverpool, it is, of course, unlikely that he would have played during the Champions League clashes with PSG.Nevertheless, it is hard not to make a comparison between a Lyon team containing him beating PSG, and one without him losing comfortably twice. Credit: Shaun Brooks/CameraSport/Getty Images It all feeds into what has been a superb first year in France for Morton, and as he took to his Instagram stories after the match, he showed his joy at the win.“What a win,” he posted, with a celebratory photograph from inside the away dressing room.As Liverpool continue to pore over what went wrong against PSG, they would do well to cast an eye over Morton’s ‘relentless’ performance as a way of doing better next time.