L’Equipe Marca Gazzetta Player Ratings Liverpool vs PSG Second Leg Champions League 2025

Here is a look at the player ratings for Liverpool vs PSG (Round of 16 Second Leg) from big European sports newspapers L’Equipe, Marca & Gazzetta dello Sport following the Reds’ shock exit from the Champions League. Liverpool had won the first leg in Paris, but lost 1-0 in normal time here, and the game went to penalties, where PSG won 4-1.

Liverpool’s defeat leaves Arsenal and Aston Villa as the only English sides left in the Champions League.

L’Equipe player ratings Liverpool 0-1 PSG March 2025

The French newspaper loved the performance of Italian goalkeeper Donnarumma, giving him a 9/10 player rating (which is quite high praise given their standards). Nuno Mendes wasn’t too far behind in their eyes, with a 8/10.

Mo Salah and Darwin Nunez both made the Premier League TOTW for Round 28, but only got a 4/10 here from L’Equipe.

Liverpool vs PSG 2025 Player Ratings L'Equipe

L’Equipe thought that centre-back Virgil van Dijk and Hungarian medio Dominik Szoboszlai were Liverpool’s best players on the evening, giving the duo a 7/10 rating

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L’Equipe Gazzetta Player Ratings PSV vs Arsenal 1-7 Champions League 2025

Here is a look at the player ratings for PSV Eindhoven vs Arsenal (Round of 16 First Leg UCL March 4 2025) from the big European newspapers following the Gunners’ stunning 7-1 triumph.

PSV 1 (Lang pen)
Arsenal 7 (Timer, Nwaneri, Merino, Odegaard*2, Trossard, Calafiori)

L’Equipe player ratings PSV vs Arsenal 2025 1-7

L’Equipe, as you’d expect, reserved some pretty harsh ratings for PSV Eindhoven, giving them a team rating of 2.4/10. Left back Tyrell Malacia, on loan at PSV from Man United, was one of several starters to be given a 2/10 player rating by the French paper.

On the Arsenal side, goal scorers Odegaard, Nwaneri and Trossard all got a 8/10 rating, as did Declan Rice. No Gunners player got more than 8/10 from L’Equipe, who also thought Mikel Arteta (manager rating 8) completely eclipsed his opposite number Peter Bosz (2/10)

L’Equipe were also not very pleased with referee Manzano’s performance, giving him a 4/10 ref rating.

PSV vs Arsenal 1-7 Player Ratings L'Equipe

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UCL Round of 16 Draw 2025- Who will the Premier League teams play in UCL knockout stages?

The draw for the Round of 16 of the Champions League has been conducted and somewhat interestingly, all the three remaining English sides are on the same side of the draw.

Liverpool, Arsenal and Aston Villa are the three Premier League teams left in the Champions League this year following Man City’s exit in the playoff, and only one of those three can make the final, as can be seen below.

Round of 16 opponents for English teams in Champions League 2025

Liverpool will play PSG
Aston Villa will play Club Brugge
Arsenal will play PSV Eindhoven

UCL Quarterfinal Draw 2025

Who are Liverpool’s potential opponents in the Champions League knockout stages?

After PSG in the Round of 16, Liverpool will face the winner of Brugge v Aston Villa in the quarterfinals.

Should the Reds progress to the semifinals, their opponents will be one of Real, Atletico, PSV and Arsenal.

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