Liverpool were burned by Champions League failure – so Arne Slot borrowed from PSG blueprint

Liverpool were burned by Champions League failure – so Arne Slot borrowed from PSG blueprint

Liverpool manager Arne Slot during a press conference at Anfield, Liverpool. Picture date: Tuesday September 16, 2025. (Photo by Peter Byrne/PA Images via Getty Images)

Arne Slot sprang a surprise at a recent press conference when he failed to mention his disappointment at Liverpool’s Champions League exit to Paris St-Germain.

An exaggeration, obviously, but there was a period in the immediate aftermath of the penalty shoot-out defeat in last season’s round of 16, and in the weeks and months which followed, when it seemed Slot was still processing the two-legged encounter against Luis Enrique’s European champions.