PSG are football purists — and keep dismantling Premier League pragmatism

The whistles got louder and louder. Joe Gomez was standing on the touchline at the Parc des Princes, using a towel to dry the ball before he could take a throw-in, and the locals were not impressed.The Liverpool defender looked uncomfortable, but he kept on drying. Eventually, with the noise reaching a crescendo and the referee hurrying him along, he hurled the ball into the penalty area. Nothing came of it, but at least he had given Paris Saint-Germain something to think about — even if their supporters took it as an affront.Advertisement