Ousmane Dembele and Gianluigi Donnarumma were the heroes on the field with the in-form France international getting the crucial goal in Liverpool before the Italian shot-stopper excelled during penalties as part of a surprisingly pragmatic approach from the visitors' Spanish tactician.

Second half goals from Darwin Núñez and Mohamed Salah flipped the script and secured all three points for Liverpool.

Paris St Germain finally banked on team cohesion rather than relying on individual brilliance to fulfil their European ambition and it paid off as they knocked out odds-on favourites Liverpool in the Champions League last 16 on Tuesday.