Liverpool’s manager, Arne Slot, says he hopes the challenge of addressing Paris Saint-Germain in the form of the Champions League round of 16 next month.
The reds could also have been combined with the Benfician Portuguese giants, but instead were drawn next to the French champions at UEFA Ceremony on Friday. PSG won a 10-0 global victory over Brest through its two-legged tie and are uninvictable in all competitions since November.
“At this stage of the competition,” Slot said Official Liverpool website“The quality of the opponent will only be of a very high level and PSG we have drawn a team and a club with a real European pedigree.
“They qualified for the last 16 of the style Champions League earlier this week with a great victory against Brest and had some really good results in the league phase, defeating Stuttgart, Manchester City, Girona and Salzburg.”
The slot side has supported a more sticky form – Wednesday drawing With Aston Villa was Liverpool’s third consecutive game without win. “As is the case with ourselves, PSG is the maximum of his domestic league and enjoys a long uninvictable long duration. This tells us all we need to know about the challenge we will face, but it is also a challenge we expect to go ahead To know that we also deserve to be fully in the last 16.
“Of course, our immediate goal is in our next Premier League Sunday from Sunday from Manchester City, but we will do our best to ensure that we are in the best way when the Champions League resumes. “
Despite his impressive results career, Psg It will undoubtedly be loaded by its historical failures in the European club competition. French dress has fallen out of the Champions leagueThe last 16 in five of the last eight seasons.
PSG’s pattern, Marquinhos, warned: “We will have to put two major actions,” but it was positive about the current iteration on one side less dependent on the names of stars. “Now we start the games well, the spirit of the team is also clear,” explained the Brazilian defender.
“This is our strength now, regardless of competition. Even when there are changes in the team, there is the same attitude and the same intensity. This is our great force. We showed ourselves during the play-offs We enjoy a good spell. “
