Luis Enrique admits Anfield fear ahead of Liverpool second leg

Luis Enrique has admitted Anfield will probably be a “very tough” take a look at for PSG regardless of Liverpool’s 2-0 defeat within the Champions League quarter-final first leg.

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The Spanish coach noticed his Paris Saint-Germain facet dominate us in Paris, but even with a two-goal benefit, he’s clearly not taking the return leg evenly.

With every thing now on the road at Anfield, his feedback spotlight simply how a lot respect there nonetheless is for what we will produce at dwelling.

Enrique acknowledges Anfield problem regardless of PSG dominance

Talking through PSG TV (psg.fr), Luis Enrique mirrored on each the efficiency in Paris and the duty awaiting his facet on Merseyside.

The previous Barcelona boss was happy with how his workforce managed the sport, however admitted they may have made the tie much more snug.

“I feel we deserved this consequence. It was a really tough match, very tight, particularly within the first half. Within the second half we created a whole lot of probabilities.

“It’s a disgrace as a result of I feel we may have scored not less than yet one more objective, however that’s soccer and now we have to simply accept it.”

The 55-year-old then turned his consideration to the second leg, making it clear that Anfield stays one of many hardest environments in European soccer.

“We are going to head to Liverpool with the goal to win, like all the time. It is going to be powerful as a result of Anfield is a really tough stadium to play in.

“However with this workforce, we are going to look to play one of the simplest ways we will, and which means to assault all sport!”

Liverpool nonetheless in tie regardless of worrying first-leg efficiency

Whereas PSG had been the higher facet all through, the truth is we’re nonetheless alive heading into the return fixture, even when the efficiency raised critical considerations.

Ally McCoist insisted it “may have been worse for Liverpool” and believes we’re nonetheless able to producing one thing particular at Anfield, which is strictly what Enrique seems cautious of.

That optimism contrasts sharply with Jermaine Pennant’s response, with the previous winger branding the show a “catastrophe” and questioning each the identification and course of this workforce beneath Arne Slot.

The worrying half is that we arrange defensively and nonetheless misplaced 2-0, managing no photographs heading in the right direction, which underlines simply how large the hole appeared on the evening.

Nevertheless, if there’s one place able to flipping this tie on its head, it’s Anfield, and even the PSG supervisor is aware of that.