Arne Slot’s side left with mountain to climb at Anfield

Liverpool’s Champions League hopes look bleak after Paris St Germain ran out deserved 2-0 victors against Arne Slot’s stumbling side in the quarter-final first leg in France.

The holders hosted the six-time European champions as these teams met in the knockout phase for the second successive season, albeit the Reds arrived in a far worse state than last year’s last-16 encounter.

Liverpool’s humiliating 4-0 FA Cup exit at Manchester City increased the pressure on Slot and his side ahead of the trip to Paris, where Desire Doue’s deflected early effort and an excellent Khvicha Kvaratskhelia goal secured victory.

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia with incredible composure and PSG lead Liverpool 2-0