Liverpool

Axel Allag, Media365: published on Saturday, April 4, 2026 at 8:11 PM

Corrected by Manchester City in the FA Cup quarter-finals (4-0), Liverpool has a lot of issues to address just four days before facing PSG at the Parc in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals (Wednesday night).

Arne Slot knows it better than anyone and states: “The Champions League is our last chance to win a title, but it will be crucial to qualify for the next edition through the league.” Swept aside on Saturday at the Etihad Stadium by Manchester City in the FA Cup quarter-finals, Liverpool notably conceded three goals to Erling Haaland, who scored a hat-trick in City’s display (4-0).

“If you want a chance against PSG, you need to do better offensively and defensively”

Before the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, time will be very short, four days, and it seems very challenging to expect Liverpool to show a different face, Wednesday night at the Parc des Princes against a PSG side logically favored for this new double confrontation against the Reds, over a year after last season’s round of 16 (0-1; 1-1; 1-4 on penalties). “There are only three or four days before facing Paris, so we can’t do much.” What will be necessary, as in every match against a team of City or PSG’s caliber according to Slot’s words, is to “defend better than in the 20 minutes during which we conceded four goals.” Slot emphasized enjoying the first 35 minutes of his team, before Erling Haaland scored the first goal from a penalty (39th).

The Reds’ coach, as in recent weeks, would also like to see Mohamed Salah (who missed a penalty), Hugo Ekitike, Florian Wirtz, and others be clinical in front of the opponent’s goal: “It would be nice if, from time to time, we could score a goal from our chances. Once again, we are facing a team that ends up with many more goals than expected goals (the probability that a shot will be converted into a goal). That happens to us all the time and it’s the opposite for us. We have a lot of expected goals and we score few. If you want a chance against PSG, you need to do better offensively and defensively.”