The ambiance is constructing properly forward of kick-off between Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain at Anfield tonight.
The Reds take a 1-0 lead into the house leg of this Champions League round-of-16 tie, albeit a fortuitous one after Alisson Becker’s heroics in France final week and Harvey Elliott’s late sucker punch.
Athough a number of the noises coming from French media – and certainly from the PSG camp – in current days have been lower than gracious, the away supporters who’ve travelled from Paris for the second recreation look like mixing effectively with their Merseyside counterparts.
Liverpool and PSG followers in full voice forward of kick-off
Liverpool supporter @Ganzerwika on X shared footage of the 2 units of followers indulging in a simultaneous shouting match in a single pub on Tuesday afternoon.
Whereas the Kopites who have been current repeatedly bellowed the identify of their beloved membership, the PSG brigade broke into their very own chant as they tried to outshout the locals, all of which was performed out amid a pleasant and cordial ambiance.
Nice to see a fervent but pleasant ambiance round Liverpool
That is precisely the form of interplay we like to see forward of an enormous European match – no animosity, no trace of bother; simply two units of followers sharing the identical pub and fervently cheering in assist of their very own groups reasonably than in search of hostility.
Hopefully it might probably stay that approach proper all through the Parisians’ go to to Liverpool, from the early night proper the best way by the match itself and afterwards.
In an period the place soccer followers are being more and more priced out of attending matches and being proven scant regard by competitors organisers, it’s nice to see that these supporters lucky sufficient to be ready to journey can generate a fervent but pleasant ambiance.
The PSG fan base who’ve made the journey to Merseyside undoubtedly appear to be enoying themselves, and we hope that they arrive away from their go to with loads of optimistic reminiscences…besides, in fact, for the ultimate consequence at Anfield later!
You may view the 2 units of supporters chanting beneath, by way of @Ganzerwika on X:
PSG have arrived pic.twitter.com/UXWA36YNAM
— 3van (@Ganzerwika) March 11, 2025
