Trailing 1-0 from the first leg, PSG took the game into extra-time thanks to Ousmane Dembele’s early goal and then to penalties after a tense additional half-an-hour yielded no more goals. From there, Gianluigi Donnarumma was the hero, saving from Darwin Nunez and Curtis Jones as PSG earned a 4-2 win on spot-kicks.

Liverpool had gone into the shoot-out with cause for confidence. Alisson Becker had looked unbeatable over two games, undone only by the mix-up with Ibrahima Konate which led to PSG’s first-half goal. He was hugged by his team-mates before readying himself as if fate was on his side. It was not to be.

Paris St Germain beat Liverpool 4-1 in a penalty shootout to advance to the Champions League quarter-finals after winning a rip-roaring last-16 second-leg match at Anfield 1-0 on Tuesday thanks to a goal from livewire Ousmane Dembele.