{"id":520623,"date":"2026-04-09T01:53:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T01:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/520623\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T01:53:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T01:53:15","slug":"luis-enrique-was-fuming-over-liverpool-slowing-down-play-v-psg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/520623\/","title":{"rendered":"Luis Enrique was &#8216;fuming&#8217; over Liverpool slowing down play v PSG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paris Saint-Germain may have taken an early lead against Liverpool tonight, but Luis Enrique was still left \u2018fuming\u2019 over one aspect of the Reds\u2019 play in the first half.<\/p>\n<p>There were just 11 minutes on the clock when the home side <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireofthekop.com\/2026\/04\/08\/everyones-saying-the-same-thing-about-giorgi-mamardashvili-after-nightmare-liverpool-start\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">enjoyed a huge stroke of fortune<\/a> to hit the front, as Desire Doue\u2019s shot took a wicked deflection and looped over Giorgi Mamardashvili before dropping into the visitors\u2019 net.<\/p>\n<p>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL EMPIRE OF THE KOP APP FOR ALL THE LATEST &amp; BREAKING UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" id=\"m_-1516522766804921849m_4934608499512611972m_7656667326035352781m_1943161833264620845m_-5365661455645895100m_3642401103025924222m_1301898883053183625m_5755966990167862773m_-3605965066065439536m_-2871522029684908813m_-5045936334160179155m_8836770265151693187m_-6199909121268188047m_5738385890031442092m_-8070609452034486170m_2068858193679271926m_2421758557727462940m_5013395270098310071m_-4705365936723920413m_-8592096763144027308m_6874137003885698578m_6124786456965142709m_3632242749155910164m_-2463900115414480411m_4061676473500844657m_5126948675373515829m_3122006244359249484m_688526202427898988m_-4287901566085760620m_139700534894508600m_-6494603667569086404m_-896042434202128680m_6838495022927989925m_1416376240766951965m_5420109041136822731m_7120484925771682447m_-4980947922319519816m_2542582971102424383gmail-yiv2391416840OWAd0f6bf15-77d9-3530-9754-b52ba5773e08\" href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/gb\/app\/empire-of-the-kop\/id573147755\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/gb\/app\/empire-of-the-kop\/id573147755&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1775730365966000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0O03uSYj22g9Ti--ur3nG-\">APPLE<\/a>\u00a0&amp;\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" id=\"m_-1516522766804921849m_4934608499512611972m_7656667326035352781m_1943161833264620845m_-5365661455645895100m_3642401103025924222m_1301898883053183625m_5755966990167862773m_-3605965066065439536m_-2871522029684908813m_-5045936334160179155m_8836770265151693187m_-6199909121268188047m_5738385890031442092m_-8070609452034486170m_2068858193679271926m_2421758557727462940m_5013395270098310071m_-4705365936723920413m_-8592096763144027308m_6874137003885698578m_6124786456965142709m_3632242749155910164m_-2463900115414480411m_4061676473500844657m_5126948675373515829m_3122006244359249484m_688526202427898988m_-4287901566085760620m_139700534894508600m_-6494603667569086404m_-896042434202128680m_6838495022927989925m_1416376240766951965m_5420109041136822731m_7120484925771682447m_-4980947922319519816m_2542582971102424383gmail-yiv2391416840OWA40aed3c7-226c-3bbb-06b0-8d64d2fc3429\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.eotk.mobile&amp;hl=en_GB\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id%3Dcom.eotk.mobile%26hl%3Den_GB&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1775730365966000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2S8nojYtx-y1NyeD4vqE3g\">GOOGLE PLAY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It left the away side with a compulsion to abandon their original plan to contain PSG for as long as possible, although Arne Slot\u2019s team still tried to slow down the game wherever possible.<\/p>\n<p>Enrique \u2018fuming\u2019 at Liverpool slowing down play<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on punditry duty for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/live\/cq8wv7lqjwlt?post=asset%3A669d4c92-fda2-4f45-92e7-cb5502af5045#post\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BBC Radio 5 Live<\/a>, Paul Robinson noticed how Liverpool\u2019s efforts to take time at set pieces got under the skin of Enrique in the home dugout.<\/p>\n<p>The former England goalkeeper said:\u00a0\u201cIt is amazing watching Liverpool play so slow and methodical using set-plays as a plot routine. Luis Enrique is fuming about the time Liverpool take.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Want more Empire of the Kop coverage? Add us as a\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=empireofthekop.com\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q%3Dempireofthekop.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1775730365966000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0VJhm_AaKH-L5J2CHsE2DG\">preferred source on Google<\/a>\u00a0to your favourites list for news you can trust<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool are right not to be naive against PSG<\/p>\n<p>The Reds are more accustomed to being on the other side of the coin whereby they\u2019re the team trying to break down opponents who slow the play as much as possible, so it\u2019s quite understandable that they\u2019d try to do the same against a PSG outfit with extraordinary attacking capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019d be downright naive for Liverpool to go gung-ho against Enrique\u2019s side and leave themselves wide open to be picked apart by a team who smashed eight goals past Chelsea in the previous round of the Champions League (and were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireofthekop.com\/2026\/04\/06\/going-to-be-a-massacre-world-cup-winner-expects-walk-in-the-park-for-psg-against-liverpool\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">backed by Christophe Dugarry to \u2018massacre\u2019 the Merseysiders<\/a>), so they\u2019re right to take their time whenever they have a set play.<\/p>\n<p>The concession of the early goal has forced Slot\u2019s team to come out a bit more than they would\u2019ve liked initially, but it makes sense to try and frustrate the natives at every opportunity in such a partisan atmosphere at the Parc des Princes.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds simply need to keep the tie alive for the second leg at Anfield next Tuesday, and if that means sacrificing some artistry in favour of pragmatism, so be it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paris Saint-Germain may have taken an early lead against Liverpool tonight, but Luis Enrique was still left \u2018fuming\u2019&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520624,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-520623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}