Liverpool travelled away to Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final and were comfortably beaten 2-0.
PSG won the tournament last year and have looked more than capable of defending its title, thrashing Chelsea 8-1 on aggregate in the Round of 16.
Arne Slot’s men were actually knocked out by the French club at that stage last year.
Having gone one more step before meeting in the quarters this season, it was Luis Enrique’s who made the stronger start with Desire Doue’s deflevted effort giving the home team a 1-0 lead after just 11 minutes.
In the second half, Liverpool then conceded another, with Khvicha Kvaratskhelia cutting through the defence to make it 2-0 after a fine PSG move that had 27 passes.
Frimpong Struggles to Deliver vs PSG in Champions LeagueLiverpool’s Jeremie Frimpong in action vs PSGOn the night, Arne Slot tried something knew with a back three of Joe Gomez, Virgil van Dijk, and Ibrahima Konate, and then Jeremie Frimpong and Milos Kerkez as wingbacks.
The bold move didn’t really work and one man in particular struggled.
Indeed, Dutchman Frimpong struggled at both ends, failing to keep out the PSG attackers, while not making a positive impact despite having the freedom to get forward at times.
Respected journalist James Pearce was among those to highlight Frimpong’s poor outing, taking to social media to write: “Frimpong and Wirtz both been guilty of dreadful deliveries from wide areas.
Promising openings going begging.” The right-wingback was also lucky not to be punished late on when he misread a long ball and Ousmane Dembele raced forward to rattle the post.
He was then hooked in the 90th minute, finishing the game with a 6.0 SofaScore rating, the worst on the pitch.
Fans Slam Frimpong It wasn’t just Pearce who was unhappy with Frimpong.
Indeed, many Liverpool fans were furious with the Dutchman, with one writing: “I know it’s mostly the manager to blame but my goodness do I wanna rip my hair out when I watch Frimpong.
” A second fan said: “Frimpong. Hopeless doesn’t cut it.
We need to banish signing Dutch players or managers here on.
” A third wrote: “The drop in quality from Trent to Frimpong is massive and shocking.” Others were annoyed with his poor efforts going forward.
One said: “Not good Frimpong final ball is woeful.” Anoother wrote: “I just hate Frimpong as a winger he’s just not technically good enough imo.”
One more said: “Frimpong is just a cross merchant and the worst part about it is that 80% of them are either over hit or blocked.” A final fan summed the feeling, saying: “Frimpong is just awful.”
