'Terrified' Arne Slot's PSG teamtalk has been done for him after Liverpool branded as losers in France - opinion
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Liverpool are clearly heading into Wednesday’s Champions League quarter-final with PSG in terrible shape, and the French clearly know it.Few Reds fans have much hope that their team can turn up and do something special in Paris, but the fact that their opponents are seemingly ultra confident ahead of the match should give them a will to fight at the very least.Ahead of Wednesday’s first leg, former France international Christophe Dugarry has given a withering assessment of Liverpool which should hurt the players – and Arne Slot – and if they have any professional pride left at all, should make them want to do everything they can to prove him wrong. They have no legs, they have nothing.
Technically they have good players, they’re not clumsy, but they play at a snail’s pace. It’s going to be a massacre!”If that was not bad enough, Dugarry went on to claim that Liverpool – six times champions of Europe – will arrive in Paris ‘terrified’ to face Luis Enrique’s team.“They’re scared,” he said.
CHANGE MY MIND: Liverpool are still the best team in Europe on their day After watching all of the other quarter-finalists, the Reds have nobody to fear in the Champions League 🏆 Photo by Marco Canoniero/LightRocket via Getty Images Enrique and his team will be wary of Liverpool despite their current form having been run close by the Reds last season, so there is perhaps little chance of underestimation there.But in terms of Dugarry and the French press who will likely hold similar views, that will sting for those Liverpool players who see themselves as being amongst the best in the world. As Saturday’s capitulation against Manchester City showed, that is far from being beyond Liverpool.This team has also stood up to be counted at times this season, though, especially in Europe, and with everyone so sure that they will be beaten, there should be little pressure on them.