Winning the Premier League will mean everything to Arne Slot‘s side, but there is still a vague whiff of disappointment that Europe’s best team for over half the season will only have one trophy to show for it.
The final was won by Newcastle as much as it was lost by Liverpool – but what exactly went wrong?
Liverpool spent most of the final in desperate need of a creative spark and with Mohamed Salah isolated on the right, not helped by how deep Jarell Quansah was playing.
Alexander-Arnold was forced off against PSG with an injury (Photo: Getty)
Trippier avoids handball penalty
Perhaps the archetypal “you’ve seen them given”, Kieran Trippier handling in the box on 40 minutes – entirely accidentally – while challenging Diogo Jota for the ball could have changed this match entirely.
Slot is right to say he has never seen a header quite like Dan Burn’s in terms of pace and precision from such a distance.
“I knew Alexis [Mac Allister] wasn’t looking at the ball and I’d be able to get a jump on him,” he said. “I don’t get many [goals] so I saved it for a big occasion. I feel sometimes I get around bodies and it’s tough to get free.”
Jota shanks wide
In Salah’s only real moment of quality all game , his cross found Luis Diaz, who headed back to Jota. Surprised to receive the ball, he wildly swung at it, and his shot ended up heading towards the corner flag. What could have been.
On 48 minutes a Liverpool cutback was creeping towards Luis Diaz in space when the Brazilian flew into its path, before he threw himself in front of a promising shot 13 minutes later to deflect it out for a corner.
Isak’s flawless finish
Ibrahima Konate didn’t do enough to stop Tino Livramento’s initial cross, Andy Robertson was outjumped by Jacob Murphy and Isak’s first-time finish was brutal. This was the clinical edge Liverpool required and simply could not muster.
Pope flicked out an arm which managed to deflect the searing effort over the bar not long after Jones had come on.
Joelinton avoids a red card
VAR decided it did not meet the bar for a straight red card, but it undoubtedly should have been a yellow, which might well have handed Liverpool a final chance.
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