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PSG Coach Tuchel assess his side 3-2 defeat as he insisted ''This is Anfield, this is what they do.''

Liverpool scored a 93rd-minute winner through Roberto Firmino to beat Paris Saint-Germain at Anfield in the opening fixture of the Champions League group stage. 

His goal was superb, turning twice in the box to unsettle compatriot Marquinhos before finishing exquisitely to the far bottom corner. Tuchel believes his side was robbed despite never leading at any point in the game.

Speaking to the media, the German manager said: “Maybe the score didn’t tell the story of the game. We had a chance with Draxler to win the game. 

''The result is not logical or correct. We played with a lot of bravery and mental strength.”

''I, frankly, have to disagree as Liverpool were once again guilty of not taking their chances but if they had, there is no reason why the game could not have ended three or four nil to Liverpool.

In 2016 he brought his Borussia Dortmund side to Merseyside in a Europa League quarter-final second leg and despite leading 4-2 on aggregate with 24 minutes to go, Liverpool scored three times in a dramatic last-minute finish.

“This is Anfield, this is what they do,” was Tuchel’s blunt assessment.

“There wasn’t much space for Neymar. What Liverpool do very well is to close the space down in that number 10 area so our plan was to use the space down the wings and get our full-backs pushing on.

“We tried to play well. It’s not time for tactical analysis, it’s time to credit the mental strength we showed on the ball tonight.

“If you play at Anfield, for me it’s not a tactical game. It’s to play with confidence, to trust the players.

“We expect a lot from our front three, and today was tough for them. We have to improve all over the field.

“For me, we need to improve our intensity in games like this. There’s time to improve.”

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admitted match-winner Roberto Firmino had no chance of playing against Paris St Germain until he arrived at training on Tuesday morning and declared himself fit.

“There was no chance yesterday, absolutely no chance the day before, and this morning he came in and said, ‘I’m fine, I can open the eye again’. That helps. It was good,” said Klopp, who had seen his side squander a 2-0 lead given to them by Daniel Sturridge – Firmino’s replacement – and James Milner’s penalty.

“Yesterday it didn’t look really well, we had only one session, which we really used, this morning and Bobby tested a little bit but then he went in.

“And I really think it is a moment where you have to show faith in the squad. Yes, when you have Bobby Firmino available, you actually always think, ‘Come on, bring him’.

“But it was nice to see how Daniel performed tonight and he paid 100 per cent back so that’s so cool for him, for us, such an important sign.


“Then bringing Bobby after 70 minutes, it’s a nice tool to be honest, I really like that. So it was good.”

Klopp felt his side performed well against the much-vaunted PSG frontline of Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Edinson Cavani. 

“I expected the biggest problems we had, to be honest,” added the Reds boss.

“When I saw their line-up it was clear they were going to try to bring all the big ones, Neymar first time in left wing plus (Angel) Di Maria in the half-space, made life difficult but I don’t remember a lot of chances for the opponent.

“It was really good defending but you cannot defend completely against them for 95 minutes. They looked really confident, more tuned than in the past.

“If you play 95 per cent, you lose 5-0. Denying them tonight, I don’t think a lot of teams did that so far.”