PSG will attempt to overturn a one-goal deficit towards Liverpool on Tuesday at Anfield to qualify for the Champions League quarter-finals. Arne Slot’s Reds lead 1-0 on combination courtesy of Harvey Elliott’s 87th-minute winner. The Premier League runaway leaders had been indebted to a supreme goalkeeping efficiency from Alisson Becker with the Brazilian worldwide pulling out 9 saves. Liverpool struggled to include PSG’s counter-pressing and they need to anticipate the identical on Tuesday.
As for the id of the official overseeing proceedings at Anfield, PSG can take positives from the The 40-year-old is used to refereeing Champions League video games involving Les Parisiens. He oversaw final season’s Champions League quarter-finals return leg between Barcelona and PSG. On the time, Les Parisiens wanted to wipe out a one-goal deficit to qualify for the semi-finals. Kovacs notably handed pink playing cards to Barcelona centre-back Ronald Araujo and head coach Xavi.
Kovacs has solely refereed one Champions League sport involving Liverpool. It was the Champions League RO16 first leg between Jürgen Klopp’s Reds and Actual Madrid. The Premier League facet raced to a 2-0 lead earlier than Carlo Ancelotti turned the sport and the tie on its head with a 5-goal blitz.
GFFN | Bastien Cheval