The reporter reported coldly Possession was 73 open, shots were 28 to 2, shots on target were 9 to 1, corners were 14 to 2, and expected goals were 1.82 to 0.27 - facing Liverpool, who led the double table before the knockout stage of the Champions League, Grand Paris dominated almost all statistics at the Parc des Princes, but Liverpool, who had only one shot on target in the whole game, relied on Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson's personal record nine excellent saves and substitute Elliott's goal in the 87th minute to take away three points. Liverpool legend Carragher had to sigh: this game can be called "one of the biggest heists in the history of football".

It was a match that illustrated the beauty of football: even if you have an overwhelming advantage, you can lose the game. Of course, Paris will complain about Konate knocking down Barcola from behind the penalty line in the first half, and VAR and the referee have refused to award a red card or penalty after communicating with each other. But in all fairness, even if Paris gets a penalty, it may not be able to score as expected.

To welcome the Champions League and Premier League top rivals Liverpool, Wednesday's edition of The Newspaper featured a cover photo from the Beatles' classic album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The French media hope that Enrique's young squad will not be intimidated by the double top of the rivalry. In fact, Grand Paris did come close to doing it.

Before the game, Slote stressed that the game against Enrique was like playing against Pep Guardiola, as both managers were known for their pursuit of extreme possession. It is also true that Paris have a one-sided possession advantage at home, and Liverpool in the Slotter era have never been so passive. They were shot 12 times in the first half alone, the most in a first half for Liverpool in the Slote era. In the 20th minute, Kvaratskhelia had already scored from the far corner, but it was ruled out for offside. To the disappointment of the Parisians, it turned out to be the only chance for the team to break through Alisson's ten fingers.

The Parc des Princes became Alisson's individual show, with the Brazilian goalkeeper making nine saves, including as many as four fully scoreable shots from Kvaratskhelia in both halves. In addition, Alisson also saved the shots of Achraf, Douai and Dembele, allowing Paris to have 8 shots on target in vain. The French media also had to admit that the goal guarded by Alisson was the "wall of sighs" of the Parisian strikers. Of course, Paris also had to pay a heavy price for Dembele, Neves and Barcola for squandering good chances to score from close range.

It was precisely because of Alisson's efforts to keep the goal safe that there was a stunner in the 87th minute when Liverpool's two substitutes cooperated. Even in this stunner, Alisson was involved. His long ball found Nunez, who split the ball to the right for Elliott, and the Liverpool youngster came off the bench to finish just 47 seconds after his first touch. Alisson won the best award in the game, and naturally deserved it. Nine saves in a single game is a new personal record for the Brazilian goalkeeper's career. Since the 2003/04 Champions League, Liverpool goalkeepers have topped the list for the most saves per game, with Alisson occupying the top two.

Slot's tactics of "bending and stretching" are the main reasons why Liverpool can still triumph in this campaign. The game was very similar to the Champions League final against Tottenham six years ago, with the same show of weakness, relying on Alisson to keep the net and scoring with efficient counter-attacks. Liverpool had just two shots on goal, the fewest in a single Champions League game since September 2007 against Porto, and just one shot on target for the first time since the team faced Real Madrid in April 2021. Liverpool won with 26 fewer shots than Grand Paris, the biggest difference in the number of shots on goal (-26) in the Champions League knockout rounds since records began (2003/04 so far), surpassing Bayern's 2-3 win over Paris in 2021.

Liverpool's stunning save from Alisson and Elliott's winner gave them their first away win over a French side in the Champions League since they beat Marseille in September 2008. Despite the overall disadvantage, Slot's team has beaten the defending champions of the four major European leagues in the Champions League this season, defeated Manchester City in the Premier League, defeated Real Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League stage, and defeated Paris in the 1/8 finals with clean sheets, which shows the team's outstanding strength.

However, despite this, after the first leg of the Champions League 1/8 finals, the biggest favorite to win the Champions League is Barcelona (4.50), which has a favorable division, and Real Madrid and Liverpool, who defeated strong opponents in the first game, are tied for second (5.00), defeated Bayer Leverkusen 3-0, and finished the fourth (6.00) against Bayern, which has not won six games. Of course, if Liverpool wants to go further in the Champions League, the future may still depend on Alisson's magical performance.