Dembele double dumps Liverpool out of Champions League

Dembele double dumps Liverpool out of Champions League Last updated 14 April 2026 10:52pm BST Save Share article Log in or Subscribe Copy link X Icon twitter Facebook Icon facebook WhatsApp Icon whatsapp email Add us as preferred source Add us as preferred source Copy link X Icon twitter Facebook Icon facebook WhatsApp Icon whatsapp email Key moments Dembélé at the double Champions book semi-final spot against Bayern Munich or Real Madrid Dembélé scores for PSG Watch: Visitors three up on aggregate with only 15 minutes left VAR tells referee to review award of Liverpool penalty Italian changes his mind after looking at ‘foul’ on Mac Allister on monitor Safonov and Marquinhos thwart Liverpool Watch: Save and tackle keep the score at 0-0 Ekitike slips and seems badly hurt Striker is carried off after what looks like an achilles injury Expand all Two goals from Ousmane Dembele crushed Liverpool’s Champions League hopes Credit: Carl Recine/Getty Images Rob Bagchi live updates. Jason Burt. Dominic King at Anfield Last updated 14 April 2026 10:52pm BST Save Share article Log in or Subscribe Copy link X Icon twitter Facebook Icon facebook WhatsApp Icon whatsapp email Add us as preferred source Add us as preferred source Copy link X Icon twitter Facebook Icon facebook WhatsApp Icon whatsapp email Key moments Dembélé at the double Champions book semi-final spot against Bayern Munich or Real Madrid Dembélé scores for PSG Watch: Visitors three up on aggregate with only 15 minutes left VAR tells referee to review award of Liverpool penalty Italian changes his mind after looking at ‘foul’ on Mac Allister on monitor Safonov and Marquinhos thwart Liverpool Watch: Save and tackle keep the score at 0-0 Ekitike slips and seems badly hurt Striker is carried off after what looks like an achilles injury Expand all Liverpool brought the noise. Paris St-Germain brought the poise. Liverpool have gone out of the Champions League but they did so on their shields. They fought to the end and maybe it would have been different had a penalty award, when the game was goalless, not been rescinded. Even if it was the right decision. Once again, though, PSG proved too good and it is going to take a formidable effort from someone to stop the French giants from retaining this trophy in the final in Budapest next month. Liverpool pushed them and the “Anfield trap” that PSG coach Luis Enrique cautioned about threatened to catch them until Ousmane Dembélé’s accomplished goals. Dembélé famously missed a golden chance for Barcelona in that semi-final here in 2019 which would have made it 4-0 to them on aggregate. This time there would be no glorious Liverpool comeback as the Ballon d’Or winner struck twice. Ousmane Dembele’s two goals ended Liverpool’s chances Credit: Michael Steele/Getty Images Liverpool have found some of their best performances in this fraught campaign in this competition and this was no exception. Except, in the cold light of day, they have lost home and away and without scoring. What does it mean for Arne Slot? Well, he has to – at the very least – ensure Liverpool are in it again next season. If they play like this in the Premier League, that will not be a problem. There was damage done, though, and not just in the loss and the exit, with Hugo Ekitike suffering what appeared to be a horrible achilles injury, as he twisted in the turf, that may well end his season and jeopardise his place in France’s World Cup squad. Ekitike was replaced by Mohamed Salah, who again started on the bench as he had done last week in Paris. This was therefore his last Champions League appearance for Liverpool. Latest updates Rob Bagchi live updates. Jason Burt. Dominic King at Anfield 10:49PM And finally, here’s Arne Slot’s post-match interview with Prime Link copied to clipboard I think we got a lot more than we deserved last week by only losing 2-0 and that was the same as last season. And what was also the same as last season is that we got much less than we deserved at home. Today we should have won as well. But it is also the quality of them in that they don’t concede from all the chances we had and then the quality of Dembélé‘s finish tells you why he won the Ballon d’Or and why they won the Champions League last season and has a good opportunity to win it again this season. [Hugo Ekitike] is not too good I’m afraid. We could all see it didn’t look good but let’s wait and see what it could be [rather than speculating what it could be]. He went home in the second half so I haven’t seen him yet. Losing a game the way we lost it is very hard but again as it seems to be, losing a player has happened to us so many times this season and especially very hard for him because you never want to be injured in this part of the season. [Surprised the penalty was overturned?] No. If you look at our season so many decisions have gone against us. For me it’s quite simple. If the referee doesn’t give a penalty, the VAR would never have overturned it but I have seen so many soft penalties given and VAR can’t interfere because the referee has seem contact. And there was contact. Unfortunately we couldn’t score a goal because that was a moment but we had multiple chances in the second half and one big one in the first. But last week there were two decisions that maybe went in our favour, a penalty overturned and a push in the back so, unfortunately we couldn’t score a goal. Anfield was already rocking at 0-0, let alone what would have happened if we’d scored the 1-0. Last week was tough and very difficult. We have shown in a week’s time we can improve a lot and how they showed themselves after playing two days ago [sic] was incredible. They kept on going even at 1-0 down so that’s a big compliment to them. But it has happened all season if you look at xG. We should have scored two but we didn’t score one. Far too many times it’s happened this season. Yes, of course, Champions League qualification is the minimum [requirement] and we have to play for that in the upcoming weeks.. I said before the game we had 88 minutes till now with Alex, Florian and Hugo on the pitch. How many more today, 35? The good thing is that Alex is able to make minutes. Many people have said the club is in transition. We have sold 8-10 players to recoup money to sign five or six very talented players. Now we are losing Mo and Andy on free transfers as we lost Trent on a free transfer. This model means we have to sell usually to buy. It’s going to be a big challenge. This club has shown this model works. You can see we have signed good and talented players who will go into their second season [stronger]. The future looks really good if we could add some good signings to replace the very good players who are leaving. 10:28PM Ibrahim Konaté speaks to Amazon Prime Sport Link copied to clipboard To be honest we can say yes and no [it was a fair result] because when er played there they had many chances and only scored two. We thought we could create something special at Anfield and we created many chances. I thought we were the better team. That’s why it’s a bit unfair. They had one or two clear chances and this is football. I think it was a clear penalty. We have to deal with that [being overruled]. If we get that penalty and score, it’s all different. We have to be happy [with our performance] because we had many players who came back from injury. Very sad for Ekitike. I think it’s bad to be fair. With the World Cup coming it’s very, very hard for him and I send him my prayers. The game of today meant a lot of things. The PSG of this season is a little bit better than last year. To make a performance like that against them, we have to build from that and realise how good we can be. It’s minimum standard for Liverpool to play in the Champions League. We have six games left and we have to be all-in to be in it next season. 10:15PM Just waiting for Arne Slot Link copied to clipboard In the other quarter-final, Atlético’s 2-1 defeat by Barcelona puts them into the semi-final agaisnt Sporting or Arsenal with an aggregate 3-2 victory.  10:02PM Full time: Liverpool 0 PSG 2 (0-4) Link copied to clipboard Creditable performance by Liverpool, a team in transition. But PSG were too good for them. Too good for anyone I would wager. Luisi Enrique is on course to win a third European Cup, the same as Pep Guardiola.  This incarnation of PSG really are a delight to watch.  9:56PM GOAL! Link copied to clipboard Liverpool 0 PSG 2 (Dembélé) Right-foot finish from the right of the area through Mamardashvili’s legs. Another slick move instigated by Kvaratskhelia;s pass down the left to Barcola. Liverpool, as noted before, have no right-back and Barcola floods into the space and passes past weary defenders to Dembélé to score. Dembélé scores his and PSG’s second in stoppage time Credit: FRANCK FIFE/AFP 9:55PM 90+1 min: Liverpool 0 PSG 1 (0-3) Link copied to clipboard Six minutes of added time are signalled. Six minutes that neither side wants. Liverpool’s fans reward their endeavours with another YNWA.  9:54PM 89 min: Liverpool 0 PSG 1 (0-3) Link copied to clipboard Fine sliding tackle by Konaté in the box stops Barcola from pulling the trigger on a shot from 12 yards after the sub had jinked his way in from the right-backless wing.  9:52PM 87 min: Liverpool 0 PSG 1 (0-3) Link copied to clipboard Salah tries to dribble through the box a couple of times but can’t beat the defender and coughs up the ball.  9:51PM 85 min: Liverpool 0 PSG 1 (0-3) Link copied to clipboard Gakpo hits the deck in the box but his claims are ignored by the referee and Konaté has seen enough and is booked for dissent. 9:50PM 83 min: Liverpool 0 PSG 1 (0-3) Link copied to clipboard Jones and Gakpo keep going, trying to find a way through but Marquinhos and Pacho plus the substitute Beraldo keep shutting the door.