Harvey Elliott score with im first touch after e enter as late substitute come give Liverpool unexpected 1-0 win against Paris Saint-Germain for di first leg of dia Champions League round-of-16 match on Wednesday.
Elliott just replace Mohamed Salah when e use Darwin Nunez assist fire ball enter net for di 87th minute.
Na real “smash-and-grab” move from Arne Slot team, wey don manage survive serious pressure from PSG wey dey in top form.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia first-half goal no stand because of small offside, and Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker make plenty important saves as PSG fire 28 shots on goal while Liverpool manage only two.
“To carry win comot for here fit be more than wetin we deserve,” Slot tell TNT Sports. “E fit be di best performance wey I don ever get,” Alisson add.
Salah no too show for di match, as e be like say Liverpool go end di game without goal for only di fourth time dis season. But now, dem go dey confident say dem fit finish di job for Anfield.
If Liverpool win di return leg next week, dem go face either Aston Villa or Club Brugge for di quarter-final. But PSG don show say dem go still dey dangerous for England.
“I still dey optimistic because di way we play today, we suppose win,” PSG midfielder Vitinha tell Canal Plus.
“I sabi say for football, na goal matter pass, but di truth be say di way we play today mean say win dey come. I sure say for Liverpool, we go play with di same ginger and we go win.”
Luis Enrique’s side enter di game with 10 straight wins and 21 goals for dia last five Champions League matches.
But di way dem play today resemble di way dem take struggle at di beginning of di Champions League, when dem no fit convert chances and lose to Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, and Bayern Munich.
January signing Kvaratskhelia start instead of teenage prospect Desire Doue, as di Georgian join Bradley Barcola and Ousmane Dembele for di attack.
Liverpool no get Cody Gakpo, so Diogo Jota come in for im first Champions League appearance since October 2.
Di match wey people don dey wait for come turn out to be one of Liverpool hardest games dis season, and di way di match go, e clear say di battle no easy at all.
PSG no be di kind team wey just dey rely on one or two superstar forwards again. Instead, dem be strong squad wey dey play dynamic, hardworking football under dia intense Spanish coach.
