India, March 12 -- "We suffered a lot in Paris but football is that way. Unfair at times. Today, we were lucky." Luis Enrique's words summed up a night where Paris St-Germain (PSG) and Liverpool needed to be separated by penalties but they will strike a deeper chord with Ousmane Dembele, Gianluigi Donnarumma and Nuno Mendes. Redemption is doubly satisfying when you know how football can trick you.

Having shackled Mo Salah in Paris, Mendes had to live with not being able to track Harvey Elliott for Liverpool's smash-and-grab last week. Mendes reined in Salah again; sticking out a leg to deny him early, shielding the ball to win a foul and a headed clearance away from the Egyptian in 90+4 being the highlights. And the left-back started the...