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Not since Danny Ocean assembled a crack outfit of specialist rogues to rob three Vegas casinos in one evening has an 11-strong gang attempted a heist more audacious than that successfully pulled off by the footballers of Liverpool at Parc des Princes on Wednesday night. Not just beaten, but soundly hammered in every available metric apart from the only one that matters, Arne Slot’s hapless side were outrun, outfought, outpassed and quite obviously outclassed by a Paris Saint-Germain side that didn’t so much huff and puff in their attempts to blow their visitors’ house down, as harness the power of 10,000 hurricanes only to meet a lanky wall of heroically stubborn, luminous yellow resistance in the form of Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson. In recording nine saves, at least three of them absolute worldies, the Brazilian denied Ousmane Dembélé, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (twice) and Désiré Doué, among others, before deciding to Get It Launched and set up the only goal of a wild game in which Harvey Elliott scored with Liverpool’s solitary shot on target.
Can I be the first of what I hope is at least 1,057 to show some appreciation for Ally McCoist on Wednesday night’s PSG v Liverpool commentary? In an age where it’s trendy to be cynical and critical, the man’s unbridled joy and infectious enthusiasm at what he was getting the privilege to witness, reminding us all of the reasons we fell in love with the game as children, is definite cause for celebration. It should be mandated that he’s on co-comms for all major games on all channels henceforth” – Gordon MacLeod (and no others).
Will Coldplay’s half-time show plans at the 2026 World Cup final (yesterday’s Quote of the Day) be funded by the Premier League’s ‘parachutes’ payments? Or is Gianni Infantino aiming to save money by giving Bristol Rovers’ veteran striker Chris Martin an unexpected late career boost?” – Alan Giles.
Given how long they sometimes take, Coldplay might be better off providing entertainment during VAR checks. ‘I was lost, I was lost, crossed lines I shouldn’t have crossed’ would really help sell the disappointment of a tight offside call. And if it goes on long enough the ‘how loooong must you wait for it?’ chorus is ready to go” – Guy Stephenson.
Fifa overlord Gianni Infantino taking a key part in the STOP FOOTBALL campaign … who knew?” — JJ Zucal.
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