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Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain meet again with the Reds taking a 1-0 lead back to Anfield for tonight’s Champions League last-16 second leg.
A classic smash-and-grab from the Premier League leaders, made possible by an outstanding performance by goalkeeper Alisson Becker and Harvey Elliott’s late winner, means Arne Slot’s side will progress to the quarter-finals as long as they avoid defeat to the French champions.
But Luis Enrique’s team dominated the first leg in Paris and Liverpool know they cannot rely on Alisson’s saves alone against a hugely dangerous opponent, with winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia set to carry more of his threatening menace in PSG’s attack.
Liverpool are unbeaten at Anfield in 19 games, having taken another step closer to the Premier League title with a 3-1 win over Southampton at the weekend. The Reds also have Sunday’s Carabao Cup final against Newcastle to consider – but for now all their focus is on PSG.
Follow live updates from the Champions League last-16 second leg tie, below.
Liverpool vs PSG LIVE: Latest Champions League updates
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Liverpool host Paris Saint-Germain in Champions League last-16 second leg
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Liverpool take 1-0 lead back to Anfield thanks to Alisson’s saves and Elliott’s winner
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‘A world-class team’: Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk on facing PSG
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Is Liverpool vs PSG on TV? Kick-off time and how to watch Champions League fixture
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Liverpool XI: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai; Salah, Jota, Diaz
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PSG XI: Donnarumma; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Mendes; Vitinha, Ruiz, Neves; Kvaratskhelia, Dembele, Barcola
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Liverpool unchanged from first leg but Cody Gakpo returns to the bench
Slot hints at his tactics ahead of kickoff
19:11 , Arthur Ferridge
Arne Slot suggests his Liverpool side may again rely on the same long-ball strategy which helped them win last week.
Liverpool were pinned back for long stretches in the first leg, resorting to route one passing as they struggled to play out. That is eventually how Harvey Elliott scored.
Here’s what Slot had to say about it: “If you play ten long balls, probably won’t be ten times you end up in front of the goalkeeper but that one time it changes the game.”
He was also asked whether Cody Gakpo was close to starting, saying: “Not close at all, he only played yesterday. It was the first time he trained in nearly three weeks. The players know you cannot train once after three or four weeks out and go to the intensity levels of a game like this.”
SUBS: Harvey Elliott returns to the bench
19:03 , Arthur Ferridge
Bad news for PSG – Harvey Elliott is back on the bench for Liverpool. Will he come back to haunt the French contingent with another late goal?
Here are the substitutes in full:
Liverpool: Jaros, Kelleher, Endo, Nunez, Chiesa, Gakpo, Elliott, Tsimikas, McConnell, Quansah
PSG: Safonov, Tenas, Kimpembe, Ramos, Doue, Lee, Hernandez, Mayulu, Zaire-Emery, Beraldo, Mbaye
Do PSG have a good record against Liverpool?
18:59 , Arthur Ferridge
Tonight will be just the sixth meeting between Liverpool and PSG, and the scores are remarkably even.
Liverpool boast three wins in the tie, PSG have two. Both sides have scored seven goals against one another.
Most notably, though, PSG have never won at Anfield in two attempts, losing 2-0 in the 1996/97 Cup Winners Cup and 3-2 in the 2018/19 group stages.
Will that record change tonight? All will be revealed…
What happened in the first leg?
18:51 , Arthur Ferridge
The reverse fixture at the Parc de Princes was a comic affair which will live long in the memory.
PSG dominated the match, something made clear both in the stats and in the viewing, but, fatally, failed to score.
At full time, the hosts boasted 71% possession, 27 shots to Liverpool’s 2, and 693 passes to the visitors’ 295.
Only one number truly matters, though: the scoreline. And that read 0-1 to Liverpool thanks to Harvey Elliot’s 87th minute smash-and-grab winner.
The Reds laughed all the way back to Merseyside, but PSG will arrive at Anfield with a point to prove and a grudge to hold.
Confirmed team news: No surprises as Slot and Enrique name sides
18:50 , Arthur Ferridge
Both Luis Enrique and Arne Slot seem to recognize just how tight this tie will be, naming full-strength squads. Here’s how both teams line up:
Liverpool XI: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai; Salah, Jota, Diaz
PSG XI: Donnarumma; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Mendes; Vitinha, Ruiz, Neves; Kvaratskhelia, Dembele, Barcola
What does the next round hold?
18:40 , Arthur Ferridge
Everything is to play for tonight, as Liverpool carry a slim one-goal advantage in the aggregate scoreline. But where does the winner head next?
Opposite PSG and Liverpool on the bracket are Aston Villa and Club Brugges, who play their own second leg tomorrow night in Birmingham.
Villa currently lead the tie 3-1, meaning an all-Premier League tie in the quarter-finals is narrowly the most likely outcome.
PSG team news: No changes for the visitors
18:29 , Arthur Ferridge
PSG’s 22-man travelling squad for tonight’s fixture on Merseyside is identical to that which they named for the reverse leg.
They did, however, rotate heavily for last weekend’s Ligue 1 match against Rennes, a 1-4 away win. The players rested include Achraf Hakimi, Ousmane Dembélé, and Kvicha Kvaratshkelia.
Soeaking pre-match, PSG manager Luis Enrique hinted he would not be likely to gamble: “I don’t think that Arne Slot has much doubt about our starting XI for tomorrow.”
Kvaratskhelia on facing Liverpool at Anfield and why it’s ’50/50′
18:20 , Jamie Braidwood
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia impressed in last week’s first leg and by the sounds of it, the languid winger will not be intimidated by facing Liverpool at Anfield tonight.
“When you play at Anfield against Liverpool you don’t need to motivate yourself that much, you already have it inside you,” he said.
“We have big mentality in the team and we will just try to win tomorrow, that is our mentality.
“The game will be 50-50, we just have to concentrate on our game, be confident and show them we are here just to win.
“I think it will be the most important game in our season because our goal is to play in the Champions League many times and play in the final.”
Liverpool team news: Gakpo returns for the Reds
18:09 , Arthur Ferridge
Cody Gakpo was absent for Liverpool in the first leg at the Parc de Princes due to an ankle issue, but has returned to training and is available for selection tonight.
Chances were few and far between for Liverpool last time out, and the Dutchman’s clinical edge will be vital if they are to see this result over the line.
There are other players missing, though. Star full back Conor Bradley, centre-back Joe Gomez, and youngster Tyler Morton all remain injured.
Discipline will also be an issue – should any of Harvey Elliott, Ibrahima Konate, Alexis Mac Allister, Andy Robertson, or Virgil van Dijk be booked tonight, they will face a one match ban.
The PSG wildcard that can hurt Liverpool and transform Champions League tie
18:05 , Miguel Delaney
Luis Enrique often says things that other managers just wouldn’t, and there was another after Paris Saint-Germain’s 1-0 defeat to Liverpool.
Emboldened by his team’s performance, but frustrated by a “very unfair” result, the Spanish manager just went for it. He had of course been asked about the prospect of a comeback at Anfield.
“Of course we can do it,” Luis Enrique responded, before checking himself and going stronger. “We’re gonna do it.”
Not can. Going to.
The PSG wildcard that can hurt Liverpool and transform tie
Luis Enrique: ‘Our only option is to go out and win’
17:50 , Jamie Braidwood
The Paris Saint-Germain manager believes his team is capable of coming to “historic” Anfield and achieving a Champions League comeback.
“At the moment we are out so our only option is to go out and win and that is what is driving us,” he said. “I don’t think Arne Slot has much doubts about our starting XI, I’ve got my ideas about his starting XI as well.
“I’m not going to give away who we are going to play or how we are going to play but over the course of two games we will see two of the best teams in Europe, two contenders for the final and whoever goes through will go through to the final.”
The untold story behind Liverpool and PSG’s two scorelines
17:35 , Richard Jolly
Arne Slot did not allow himself to dream. In fact, he had a sleepless night. By choice, too. One of his finest results as Liverpool manager nevertheless prompted a late-night inquest of sorts.
“If you have a game like we did last week, you feel like, ‘Can I even go to sleep at all? Or do I have to watch even more?’” he admitted.
Slot’s video analysis of Paris Saint-Germain has been extensive, aided by a rare free weekend before last Wednesday’s 1-0 win in the Parc des Princes, even incorporating their autumn defeats to Arsenal and Bayern Munich. But fresh from adding the French champions to their English, German and Spanish counterparts on the list of Liverpool’s victims this season, Slot felt the immediate need to revisit the game.
Two scorelines told wildly different tales: 1-0 to Liverpool, courtesy of Harvey Elliott’s first touch in the French capital, and 27-2, the shot count, dominated by PSG.
The untold story behind Liverpool and PSG’s two scorelines
Arne Slot: ‘PSG are the most complete team we have faced’
17:20 , Jamie Braidwood
Arne Slot praised Paris Saint-Germain as the “most complete” team Liverpool have played this season but said he wants his players to take a more proactive approach in the second leg tonight.
“This is the most complete team we have faced so far,” Slot told a press conference. “We have faced Arsenal and Manchester City and they are not big margins but the intensity they (PSG) play at combined with the quality – and they are one of the richest clubs – and a great manager it is not easy to play against.
“Is there a difference (leading 1-0)? No. We try to play every game to try to win. That is also what we tried to do last week, it wasn’t our intention to be so low (deep) all the time. We want to play a different game, the intention is always the same – we are not going to go for a draw.”
Harvey Elliott on PSG second leg: ‘They’ve going to make it difficult’
17:05 , Jamie Braidwood
Harvey Elliott wants to experience another “special” Champions League night at Anfield and told Amazon Video that Liverpool need the home crown behind them against PSG.
“It’s going to be another really tough game. I think we need to expect what we had in the away leg, but even more. They’re going to come here with a point to prove and make it really difficult for us.
“With the home crowd behind us, I think it has the potential to be a really special Champions League night.”
Harvey Elliott on beating Nuno Mendes and learning from his Fifa card
16:45 , Jamie Braidwood
Harvey Elliott has described his goal against Paris Saint-Germain in the Parc des Princes and described how he got the better of Nuno Mendes.
He told Prime Video: “Obviously watching Nuno Mendes against Mo, he had a really, really good game and watching him from before and playing with his card on Fifa you know his pace is ridiculous.
“So, I thought, I’m not going to outdo him for pace here so I was just seeing how the moment would go. He went like this, and saw me, and then he turned his back so he was facing straight forward. And I thought, right if there’s ever a time I need to use whatever speed I have in me, it’s now!”
Is Liverpool vs PSG on TV? Kick-off time and how to watch Champions League fixture
16:30 , Jamie Braidwood
The Reds take a 1-0 lead back to Anfield thanks to Alisson’s heroics in Paris. Here’s everything you need to know
Is Liverpool vs PSG on TV? Kick-off time and how to watch Champions League fixture
‘Best in the world’: All nine Alisson Becker saves ranked in Liverpool goalkeeper’s masterclass at PSG
16:25 , Lawrence Ostlere
Arne Slot said Alisson Becker proved he is “the best in the world”. Jamie Carragher called it “the best performance of his career”. Thierry Henry called him “magnificent”. Speaking to French publication Le Parisien, Brest manager Eric Roy likened him to Jesus (steady on, Eric). Alisson didn’t go that far but the Liverpool goalkeeper acknowledged that it was the “performance of my life”.
Liverpool pinched a remarkable 1-0 win at Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League last week, and at the heart of the victory was an inspired Brazilian who wouldn’t be beaten. Alisson’s nine saves were the most by any Liverpool goalkeeper in a Champions League match since records began 22 years ago.
Here, we break down a goalkeeping masterclass and rank his work from ninth to best, from simple stops to spectacular saves:
Ranking every Alisson save in Liverpool goalkeeper’s masterclass at PSG
‘We need to be ready’, says Van Dijk
16:05 , Jamie Braidwood
Virgil van Dijk is predicting a “tough” night against PSG.
“I don’t think anyone who before our game over there expected it to be a dominating performance from us I don’t think they really looked at PSG throughout the season,” he said.
“We were prepared very well, obviously we could have done better in some ways, but we know that on Tuesday it is going to be as tough, maybe even tougher, because they will have to come and win.
“So it’s down to us to be more than ready for a big night. We need everyone in that sense: all the players, staff, fans.
“Hopefully it will be a great night for us but it is going to be hard work because they are a world-class team and they showed it against us already.”
‘A world-class team’: Virgil van Dijk on PSG
15:55 , Jamie Braidwood
Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk is also expecting an even tougher test from Paris St Germain at Anfield than in the Parc des Princes last week.
“I think they are an outstanding team, a fantastic team, you can see the work rate they put in,” he said.
“We obviously had a debrief after the game about it and you could see them, if they lost the ball, pressing all of them together and running all together.
“It’s a big credit to the manager to put that work in and he made, in my eyes, a world-class team out of it.”
Andy Robertson warns ‘exceptional’ PSG are best team Liverpool have faced under Arne Slot
15:35 , Richard Jolly
Andy Robertson has called Paris Saint-Germain the best team Liverpool have faced in Arne Slot’s reign and warned them that they can’t expect Alisson to produce the performance of a lifetime again on Tuesday.
Liverpool take a 1-0 lead into the second leg of their Champions League tie, even though the French league leaders had 27 shots to their two in the Parc des Princes last Wednesday.
Alisson described his display, when he made nine saves, as the best of his career and left-back Robertson was hugely impressed with PSG.
Andy Robertson warns ‘exceptional’ PSG are best team Liverpool have faced
Predicted line-ups
15:09 , Jamie Braidwood
Liverpool XI: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai; Salah, Jota, Diaz
PSG XI: Donnarumma; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Beraldo, Mendes; Vitinha, Ruiz, Neves; Kvaratskhelia, Dembele, Barcola
What is the PSG team news?
15:06 , Jamie Braidwood
For PSG, Luis Enrique was able to name Kvaratskhelia, Dembele, Vitinha, Achraf Hakimi and Nuno Mendes on the bench for their 4-1 win at Rennes on Saturday, with Fabian Ruiz, Marquinhos and Gianluigi Donnarumma rested completely. They should all return to the line-up.
Goncalo Ramos could offer something different as a more traditional No 9. If not, Kvaratskhelia, Dembele and Barcola will lead the line.
What is the Liverpool team news?
15:03 , Jamie Braidwood
It was Harvey Elliott and Darwin Nunez who made an impact from the bench in the first leg, but Arne Slot is likely to name a similar side to the one that started in Paris.
The Reds have no new injury concerns but Cody Gakpo remains a doubt after missing the weekend’s win over Southampton due to an ongoing ankle issue. Gakpo, though, has returned to training ahead of the PSG clash, in what is a boost ahead of Sunday’s Carabao Cup final.
Andy Robertson, Diogo Jota and Alexis Mac Allister should return. Dominik Szoboszlai should be preferred to Curtis Jones in midfield.
When is Liverpool vs Paris Saint-Germain and how can I watch it?
15:01 , Jamie Braidwood
The Champions League last-16 second leg kicks off at 8pm on Tuesday 11 March.
It will be shown live on Amazon Prime Video, with coverage getting underway from 7pm. If you’re not an Amazon Prime Video subscriber start a free 30-day trial here.
Good afternoon
15:00 , Jamie Braidwood
Liverpool host Paris Saint-Germain in the second leg of a mouthwatering Champions League last-16 tie, with the Reds leading 1-0 thanks to goalkeeper Alisson Becker’s heroics in the Parc des Princes.
The Premier League leaders were dominated by the French champions last week in Paris, but Alisson kept Arne Slot’s side in the game as Harvey Elliott’s late goal sealed a famous smash-and-grab away from home.
Slot has told his Liverpool players that they need to play far better at Anfield, with Luis Enrique’s dangerous attack of Ousmane Dembele, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Bradley Barcola by far the most threatening test they have faced this season.
Liverpool were below par once against at home to Southampton on Saturday, but they roared back in the second half to win 3-1 after Slot’s half-time team talk.
The Reds know they need to be on it from the start tonight at Anfield, with a quarter-final against either Aston Villa or Club Brugge awaiting the winner.
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