Stephen Warnock hails PSG midfield after Champions League win at Liverpool
BBC Sport pundit Stephen Warnock has described Paris St-Germain’s midfield trio as the best in the world following their dominant 2-0 Champions League quarter-final victory over Liverpool at Anfield.
Joao Neves, Vitinha and Warren Zaire-Emery orchestrated proceedings as the French champions secured a comprehensive 4-0 aggregate win.
They are the best three midfielders in world football right now.
Stephen Warnock
The former England international believes their influential performance was the primary catalyst for eliminating the Premier League giants.
Controlling the Anfield engine room
The Parisian visitors systematically dismantled the home side’s renowned pressing game to silence a typically raucous Merseyside crowd.
The youthful dynamism of Zaire-Emery perfectly complemented the deep-lying technical mastery provided by his Portuguese team-mates.
This cohesive central unit ensured the Ligue 1 leaders maintained absolute tactical control throughout the demanding European tie.
European ambitions firmly underlined
The emphatic quarter-final triumph further cements the French outfit’s status as formidable contenders for this season’s elite continental prize.
Leaving Merseyside with a clean sheet and a two-goal victory is a rare feat that highlights their exceptional collective resilience.
Liverpool ultimately had no answer to the fluidity and precision consistently demonstrated by the visiting engine room.
