'Perfect game' - Liverpool cruise past Galatasaray to set up PSG clash
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Liverpool came from behind in the tie to dismantle Galatasaray 4-0 at Anfield and set up a Champions League quarter-final with holders Paris Saint-Germain.The pressure was on Arne Slot after a one-goal defeat in Istanbul but Dominik Szoboszlai set the tone with the opening goal in another driving display as Liverpool played with the sort of tempo that supporters have craved from their team all season. Also See: Liverpool fixtures Liverpool latest news & transfers Download the Sky Sports app Get Sky Sports on WhatsApp Image: Mohamed Salah is hugged by Dominik Szoboszlai after scoring Liverpool's fourth goal against Galatasaray "I am so happy for him," Ekitike told TNT Sports.
Sometimes people say he's had a difficult season but for players like us who have been watching him for years, he had many chances tonight but he still had the mindset to give me a brilliant ball to score."Szoboszlai's revenge missionLiverpool's Dominik Szoboszlai speaking to TNT Sports:"We were on them from the first minute. I am still in a mind to never celebrate too early, it gave us a little push."From the first second, it was just all in."Analysis: Liverpool upped the tempo"I cannot think of one match all season where Liverpool have put in the perfect performance in both attack and defence and been three or four nil up," Jamie Carragher had said at the weekend.
I liked the way we played, the way we pressed, the reaction of the fans when Galatasaray were doing what I expected them to do."They were on the floor, waving, trying to kill our momentum, but the fans reacted straight away and so did our players."The only thing I could complain about was throughout this season we've created so many [more] chances than we've scored, and even today we've underperformed against our xG! That's hardly possible [when you score four goals but the xG was 5.02]."There were so many chances, and the good thing is we've had very good halves and then dropped our intensity for 10 or so minutes which is when the other team usually score."Today we didn't drop our level at all.