Virgil van Dijk makes large declare after Liverpool’s Champions League exit to PSG

Virgil van Dijk and Ousmane Dembele (Photograph by Carl Recine, Alex Grimm/Getty Photographs)

Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk made an enormous declare and supplied flattering reward to Paris Saint-Germain after final night time’s Champions League tie.

PSG ended up knocking Liverpool out of the Champions League with a shock 1-0 win at Anfield, ultimately triumphing on penalties.

It was a formidable comeback by PSG after shedding 1-0 to Liverpool within the house leg final week, and Van Dijk says the Ligue 1 giants are the perfect group the Reds have performed all season.

The Netherlands worldwide was not hiding after this disappointing outcome, and confirmed his class by praising Luis Enrique’s aspect for the way they performed over each legs…

?? Virgil van Dijk: “Congrats to PSG, they’ve been the perfect group we confronted this season thus far”.

“Credit to Luis Enrique, he constructed an excellent squad”, instructed Canal Plus. pic.twitter.com/5UrxnmXSRg

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“Congrats to PSG, they’ve been the perfect group we confronted this season thus far,” Van Dijk instructed Canal Plus, as quoted by journalist Fabrizio Romano on X.

“Credit to Luis Enrique, he constructed an excellent squad.”

Liverpool are out of the Champions League – had been the warning indicators there?

Liverpool put themselves in a terrific place to qualify from this tie after successful in Paris final week, however maybe the warning indicators had been already there for Arne Slot’s aspect.

Virgil van Dijk and his Liverpool teammates warming up (Photograph by Julian Finney/Getty Photographs)

PSG dominated that first leg and had been massively unlucky to lose to a late Harvey Elliott objective after a world class goalkeeping show by Alisson Becker.

The Merseyside giants didn’t play in addition to they may on the Parc des Princes, and that maybe gave PSG hope that they may flip this sport round at Anfield.

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Van Dijk and co. will certainly be bitterly dissatisfied that they couldn’t go additional within the Champions League in what has in any other case been such an excellent season.

The Reds stay high of the Premier League desk and positive to complete as champions, whereas they will additionally make it a double as they put together for the Carabao Cup closing in opposition to Newcastle United.