Liverpool face an uphill battle to keep alive their hopes of silverware this season after they were beaten 2-0 by Paris Saint-Germain in their Champions League quarter-final first leg on Wednesday evening.
With the Reds operating an unusual 3-4-1-2 formation, Desire Doue scored a deflected opener on 11 minutes with Khvicha Kvaratskhelia netting in the second half.
The result means Arne Slot's side have it all to do when the teams meet in the return at Anfield next Tuesday as they aim for a place in the last four.
The ECHO was in attendance at the Parc des Princes and here we run the rule over the performance of the Liverpool players.
Giorgi Mamardashvili 7
Couldn’t do much about deflected opener and made good saves from Kvaratskhelia and Doue first half. Quieter second half but outfoxed by Kvaratskhelia for second.
Positioning not always on point in new-look rearguard and one miscommunication with Gomez but stuck to task. One strong forward run and rightly had penalty award overturned after good tackle.
At the centre of the back three, pushed out when required and a threat at attacking set-pieces. Required to do a lot of organising.
Operated in a strange free role for a bit before settling and a danger with his long throws. Booking a joke, however.
Offered Liverpool an outlet on the right although final ball wasn’t quite there before break. Less of an impact going forward second half. Subbed.
Attempted to move Liverpool forward with some strong runs but on scene of both goals, unlucky to deflect in opener and didn't track Kvaratskhelia for second.
Alexis Mac Allister 6
Covered lot of ground before half-time and put in some timely interceptions and blocks. Moved ball reasonably well whenever he could. Booked.
Playing left wing-back, mixed bag first half with some dogged defending undermined by cheaply giving away possession. More subdued after break. Subbed.
Plenty of work but unable to overly influence throughout and seemed a little lost in his role, often flicking on to nobody in particular. Subbed.
Saw good possession in patches first half but needed slightly more care with some passes. Looked dangerous when running from deep after break and had one goalbound effort blocked. Subbed.
No faulting effort but guilty far too often of unnecessary fancy flicks and giving the ball away cheaply. Probably tried too hard to impress against former club. Subbed.
Andy Robertson (for Kerkez 78)
Forced to defend a few counters.
Cody Gakpo (for Wirtz 78)
Unable to make any impact.
Alexander Isak (for Ekitike 78)
Made similarly negligible contribution.
Curtis Jones (for Szoboszlai 78)
At least had a few touches.
Trey Nyoni (for Frimpong 90+1)
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Ian Doyle has covered Liverpool for more than 25 years, following them across Europe in multiple Champions League and Europa League finals and as far afield as Thailand, Singapore, the United States, Hong Kong and Qatar, and has reported on the Reds winning every major honour. He previously also covered Everton for 18 years and has followed England, reporting on the European Championships and World Cup final. Once had to tell Jude Law he does not drive a Mini.
