A late victory over Paris Saint-Germain secured Liverpool’s best start to a season in 57 years with six straight wins. Liverpool have won their opening six matches of a season for the first time since 1961-62 as the Reds threaten to challenge on all fronts this term. Roberto Firmino came off the bench and scored a stoppage-time winner in Liverpool’s entertaining 3-2 victory over Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League on Tuesday.
Daniel Sturridge and James Milner were also on target at Anfield, where last season’s finalists emerged triumphant despite surrendering a 2-0 lead against the Ligue 1 champions. Liverpool are flying high, having made a flawless start to the Premier League season as they dream of silverware in 2018-19.
Liverpool’s European campaign is off to a flyer courtesy of a 3-2 win at Anfield over Paris Saint-Germain. The biggest match of the day lived up to its billing as the match guaranteed goals and was finally settled in stoppage time. Liverpool raced to a 2-0 lead in the first half with Daniel Sturridge heading home the first goal and James Milner slotting a penalty in the back of the net.
Thomas Meunier pulled one back for PSG with a delightful left-foot strike to reduce the deficit before the break. Liverpool dominated the second half proceedings but against the run of play, Kylian Mbappe took his chance expertly and scored the equalizer for PSG.
But Roberto Firmino, a second-half substitute, had some plans of his own as the Brazilian latched home a stoppage-time winner to guide Liverpool to a famous victory. On that note, let’s take a look at the five key talking points that emerged from the high-profile encounter:
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Jurgen Klopp’s men boast a 100 per cent record after edging Tottenham 2-1 on Saturday and sit level with Chelsea at the summit after five matches.
A goal-fest was predicted by many in this game with two swashbuckling sides going head to head against one another. Paris Saint-Germain kept possession in the first few minutes but Liverpool’s harrying midfielders and pressing forwards got them back into the driving seat pretty quickly.
While PSG had more possession, Jurgen Klopp’s men dominated the first half with their attempts on goal and were duly rewarded in the 30th minute when Andy Robertson’s cross was met by Daniel Sturridge. James Milner soon made it two and alarms were raised about a possibility of yet another rout from the Reds.
