Goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma emerged as the hero for Paris Saint-Germain after he saved two penalties in the shootout that knocked Liverpool out of the Champions League.
The French champions turned the tie around after a narrow first-leg defeat with Ousmane Dembele’s lone goal taking the game to extra time.
There were no further goals in that extra 30-minute period, so the game headed to a shootout.
PSG were perfect with their spot kicks, while Donnarumma made saves from Darwin Nunez and then Curtis Jones to send his side into the quarter-final.
Teenager Desire Doue netted the winning penalty to set up a quarter-final against either Aston Villa or Club Brugge.
Paris St-Germain won the toss at the end of a high-quality 120 minutes and took Liverpool down to the Anfield Road end where the visitors had their supporters.
The Kop watched aghast as first Darwin Núñez and then Curtis Jones had their penalties saved by Gianluigi Donnarumma, the Italian who was the scourge of England at Euro 2020.
It was only the second time Liverpool have lost a penalty shoot-out in European football, and it marked the end of their hopes of a treble of trophies this season.
At the end of the game Achraf Hakimi took a PSG flag to the centre of the pitch, much to the displeasure of the Kop who railed against what seemed like a celebration of a conquest.
At the end of the shoot-out PSG’s Qatari president Nasser Al-Khelaifi celebrated in front of his team’s support in the Anfield Road end with the kind of joy that suggested a man who is under some pressure finally to nail this competition.
