Liverpool manager Arne Slot commended Paris Saint-Germain, their upcoming Champions League opponents, and confessed that he would have preferred to face Benfica in the round of 16.
Nevertheless, the Dutch coach named another team as “the best in Europe.”
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PSG have been in phenomenal form this year, winning their last ten matches and scoring an impressive 40 goals.
“We would have preferred to play against Benfica instead of PSG,” Slot admitted before the two European teams face off in Paris on Wednesday.
“But this is also a great fixture to play and it’s a great stadium to play. If you are playing for Liverpool you want to play big games. We are facing a very strong opponent – they are as well.
“We will have to show up in every part of the game and give the best possible performance of the season. It is not easy to press PSG because they go man-for-man all over the pitch. Against Arsenal earlier in the season, PSG were not as aggressive as they have been in the last ten to 15 games.
“We have to be the best possible version of ourselves. PSG are one of the best teams in Europe, with so much attacking threat and so much rotation. It will be an interesting game.”
Luis Enrique and his players have struck a confident tone while also praising Liverpool ahead of the fixture. The PSG manager notably called the Reds “the best team in Europe”, but Slot had a different view.
“It’s a nice compliment to get but the best team in Europe has to win the Champions League and we are far away from that,” Liverpool’s manager insisted.
“I think the best team in Europe is still Real Madrid because they won this competition last season. For us, we have to win it before you can say this.”
