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Topics: Achraf Hakimi, Paris Saint-Germain, Football, Liverpool, Fan Reactions
Nasir Jabbar
Topics: Achraf Hakimi, Paris Saint-Germain, Football, Liverpool, Fan Reactions
Liverpool fans are furious after spotting what a Paris Saint-Germain star did after the final whistle following their Champions League victory at Anfield.
PSG beat Liverpool on penalties to book their spot in the Champions League quarter-finals.
Tuesday's clash ended 1-1 on aggregate as the French giants triumphed 4-1 in the shootout.
Desire Doue converted his side's winning penalty as he celebrated in front of the travelling PSG fans.
As for the Kop end, fans who were still left in the stand were raging following Achraf Hakimi's actions in the wake of PSG's win.
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According to James Pearce, Hakimi 'provoked an angry' reaction from Liverpool fans in the Kop end after he held up a PSG flag towards them.
An image shows Hakimi holding aloft a PSG flag in front of the iconic Anfield stand in a move that infuriated Liverpool supporters. Hakimi initially left the flag in the middle of the centre circle before a police officer intervened and lifted it off the turf.
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One X user wrote: "No need for that is there? Clown. We haven't disrespected them at all."
A second added: "They’ll always be a small club."
A third said: "Weird for him to do that."
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Hakimi, who took the captain's armband following Marquinhos's substitution, didn't take a penalty in the shootout but rubbed salt into Liverpool's wounds after knocking them out of the Champions League.
Speaking after the result, PSG boss Luis Enrique said both teams deserved to go through.
"You can say what you want about it, but I think that either of the two teams could have gone through today. We both deserved to go through," he told reporters after the game.
"I think perhaps we did slightly more, certainly over the course of the first game, and I think today we've shown what sort of team we are.
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"We already showed that to some extent last season. We have huge strength of character, personality. A team that goes out to play its own football regardless of where we're playing.
"Okay, there were times when Liverpool had the upper hand, perhaps they were slightly better than us, but we never gave up attacking, taking the game to them, creating danger, and I think that certainly we put in a top, top performance, which is exactly what we needed to do."