PSG shut out Liverpool

Paris Saint-Germain ended Liverpool’s Champions League run on Tuesday, winning 2-0 at Anfield and moving into the semi-finals. (uefa.com) Ousmane Dembélé scored in the 72nd minute and again in stoppage time, turning a 2-0 first-leg edge into a 4-0 aggregate win. (espn.com) The second leg was played on Tuesday, April 14, at Anfield after Paris Saint-Germain won the first leg 2-0 in Paris on April 8. (uefa.com) (apnews.com) The result sends the defending European champions back to the last four, while Liverpool’s comeback bid ended without a goal across 180 minutes. (uefa.com) (reuters.com) Paris Saint-Germain had already knocked Liverpool out of Europe last season at Anfield, and this tie repeated that pattern with another away win on Merseyside. (uefa.com) The quarter-final bracket had paired Paris Saint-Germain with Liverpool after the round of 16, with semi-final first legs scheduled for April 27 or 29 and second legs for May 4 or 6. (uefa.com 1) (uefa.com 2) UEFA’s bracket shows Paris Saint-Germain advancing from the quarter-final section that feeds into one of the two semi-final ties, with the remaining quarter-finals finishing on Wednesday, April 15. (uefa.com) For Liverpool, the exit closes a tie that began with a home side trying to overturn a two-goal deficit and ended with Dembélé finishing both decisive moments. (uefa.com)