Focus on league may have cost Reds in Europe

GOALKEEPER Alisson Becker admits Liverpool's focus on winning the Premier League last season may have cost them when it came to their European exit to Paris St Germain.

- By CARL MARKHAM

Finishing top of their Champions League group did the Reds no favours as they were handed a last-16 draw against Luis Enrique's team, who went on to win the competition.

Having left the French capital with a 1-0 victory despite being dominated, Arne Slot's side lost the second leg by the same score at Anfield and were then beaten on penalties.

Liverpool went on to win the Premier League, but Alisson accepts that may have been at the expense of their European ambitions.

"It is difficult to talk now about that," the Brazil international said. "At the time we were so focused on the Premier League and it is hard to play in two big competitions at the same time.

"I think we had the quality at the time, we could do better.