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Alisson shares what Arne Slot told him about PSG just before Liverpool’s game against them in the Champions League

Lucas Arnold

Thu 6 March 2025 8:15, UK

Alisson Becker delivered one of the all-time great goalkeeping performances of the Champions League’s rich history in Liverpool’s 1-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain.

Put bluntly, Liverpool were dominated by PSG for 90 minutes at the Parc des Princes, but Arne Slot and his side still walked awꦗay with a first leg advantage.

And whilst Liverpool’s stoic defending also deserves credit, it was Alisson who gave Slot’s side the platform t꧋o steal a 1-0 win ওlate on.

The Brazilian made several💮 outstanding saves and the outpouring of praise for t👍he keeper after the game has been well deserved.

Slot praised Alisson immediately after full-time in Paris and Liverpool might now be quietly confident of getting past their French oppos𒁃ition next week once the Anfield-factor is considered.

Arne Slot told Liverpool’s players they would suffer against PSG

That being said, when speaking to TNT Sports after♏ Wednesday’s tie, Alisson shared what Slot h🌞ad been telling the Liverpool players about PSG even before the game had kicked off.

Alisson suggested that Liverpo🐈ol were well prepared to suffer without the ball, aware that ever𒀰y single player needed to work immensely hard.

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First reflectin𓂃g on his own𓂃 display, Alisson said: “It was probably the performance of my life. The manager was telling us how hard it would be to play against PSG, how good they are with the ball and that we would have to be ready to suffer. We knew what was coming.

“We worke🎉d hard. We gave away so many chances, sometimes one vs one but the biggest part of the chase is having someone make the player with the chance think a bit more.

“All the efforts the team put in makes𒀰 my job easier. Then at the end Harvey [Elliott] coming in an🐲d scoring the goal, it is a great story for us. A great night.”

Liverpool can’t afford to lose focus on Southampton tie

Of course, Liverpool do also need to focus൲ on what should be a relatively straightforw෴ard game against Southampton at the weekend.

On the face of it, it’s top versus bot𝔉tom of the Premier League and the game is at Anfield – the result should be a foregone conclusion.

However, Slot will be keen to ensure that no complacency creeps in, a game Liverpool will still need to be fully focu♔sed for.

Luckily, Liverpool have characters like Ali✨sson and Virgil van Dijk to ensure that doesn’t happen.

And speaking of the Red’s backline, Slot made some interesti✅ng comments about Trent Alexander-Arnold once things were concluded in Paris.