Paris Saint-Germain players admit Liverpool 'frustration' ahead of Champions League decider
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Paris Saint-Germain may be bringing a 2-0 lead to Liverpool for Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final second leg but there is frustration that it's not biggerParis Saint-Germain may arrive at Anfield tomorrow night (Monday) ahead of Tuesday's Champions League decider with a 2-0 lead in the bag. All the latest news and analysis from Anfield on the Liverpool Echo's dedicated LFC Facebook pageHowever, despite firing in 22 shots at the Liverpool goal, six of which were on target, PSG were unable to add further goals to give the final scoreline at the Parc des Princes a more emphatic outlook.That gives the Reds, who recorded a morale-boosting 2-0 Premier League win at home to Fulham on Saturday, a chance in the second leg.And that is clearly much to the annoyance of the PSG players.
“We’re satisfied with the win, but I’d say there’s a bit of frustration because we had clear chances we could have taken,” midfielder Warren Zaire-Emery said.“We know it will be tough at Anfield. We won this first battle, but there will be a second one that will be very difficult.“We’ll go there with our intentions: to play high up the pitch, in their half, and apply our pressing game.”That was a viewpoint shared by marauding right-back Achraf Hakimi, who was one of a number of PSG players to be denied by the excellent Mamardashvili, who looks set to keep his place in the Reds goal on Tuesday with first-choice keeper Alisson Becker still expected to be sidelined.“I think we had clear chances to score more goals,” said Hakimi.
“We left Liverpool in the game for the second leg, but we’re happy with the performance and hope to continue like this.”PSG boss Luis Enrique, meanwhile, said after a match in which the Reds fail to have a single shot on target, that he expects the second leg to be different.“I don’t think there’s such a big gap between the two teams,” said the double Champions League winner. “We are sure about we can do.“We know it’ll be really hard to play at Anfield, I’ve done it as a player and a coach now.“We will suffer, we know that, and right now it’s time for recovery and to prepare the match the best way we can.