Paris-Saint Germain beat Liverpool on penalties at Anfield after levelling their Champions League tie in normal time.Paris Saint-Germain beat Premier League leaders Liverpool on penalties at Anfield to book their place in the quarterfinals of the Champions League.
PSG beat Liverpool 1-0 on the night on Tuesday to level the aggregate score at 1-1.
Ousmane Dembele scored 12 minutes into the second-leg match after a blunder by the Liverpool defence.
Mohamad Salah scored Liverpool’s first penalty but Darwin Nunes and Curtis Jones saw their spot kicks saved by Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Desire Doue, who won gold at the Olympic Games with France last year, became the youngest scorer of a winning penalty in the Champions League to send PSG through.
In a reverse of the first leg, Liverpool dominated on the night and struck the post through Jarell Quansah’s drive, while drawing a number of saves from the PSG keeper in normal time.
Paris-Saint Germain’s Desire Doue scores the penalty to win the shootout [Jason Cairnduff/Reuters]
Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Inter Milan all also booked their places in the next round of Europe’s premier competition. Advertisement
Barcelona cruised past Benfica with Raphinha scoring twice and Lamine Yamal once in a 3-1 win at home.
The Catalan club advanced 4-1 on aggregate score after last week’s 1-0 victory and will play either Borussia Dortmund or Lille in the quarterfinals.
Raphinha’s double made him the leading scorer in the Champions League this season with 11 goals. He had scored the lone goal last week in Lisbon.
The Brazil forward put Barcelona ahead in the 11th, then Yamal added to the lead in the 27th before assisting in Raphinha’s second goal in the 42nd to become the youngest player to score and assist in a …
