'Clear penalty': Ibrahima Konate fumes after Liverpool denied spot-kick in PSG loss

[p]Arne Slot's side were awarded a penalty in the second-half of the quarter-final second-leg at Anfield when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mac-allister-alexis/fDPhMB8M/"]Alexis Mac Allister[/a] tumbled under pressure from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pacho-william/KA5AQsy0/"]Willian Pacho[/a].[/p][p]With the score on the night level at 0-0 and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/psg/CjhkPw0k/"]PSG[/a] leading 2-0 on aggregate, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/konate-ibrahima/QJlbDbQe/"]Konate[/a] believed that a spot-kick would have turned the tide in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/liverpool/lId4TMwf/"]Liverpool[/a]'s favour.[/p][p]But VAR intervened to instruct referee Maurizio Mariani to reverse his original decision.[/p][p]Liverpool were unable to recover from that setback and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dembele-ousmane/zsMC2Ec0/"]Ousmane Dembele[/a]'s double fired holders PSG back into the semi-finals.[/p][p][b]"Last season, we had a penalty like that. For me, it was a clear penalty and was just behind the referee but he did not blow the whistle and we have to deal with that,"[/b] Konate said after the 4-0 aggregate defeat.[/p][p][b]"If we got the penalty and score, it would be completely different."[/b][/p][embed guid="fb1d5488-20e0-468f-b003-2aa9ad33bc3f" url="https://x.com/LFC/status/2044175112211952050" social-type="twitter" /][p]It was the second successive season that Liverpool were eliminated from the Champions League by PSG.[/p][p]Konate said that Luis Enrique's side were even stronger than last season, but still insisted that Liverpool should have won the second leg.[/p][p][b]"We created many chances and I think we were the better team. It was a little bit unfair, it was like last season. We had many chances but could not score and they had one or two chances and scored,"[/b] he said.[/p][p][b]"Many things happened and we don't have to forget that. The game today meant a lot of things because against PSG, who are a bit better than last season, to make a performance like that, we have to build from that and realise how good we can be."[/b][/p][p]Sitting in fifth place in the Premier League, with the top five qualifying for the Champions League, Konate urged Liverpool to focus on salvaging a dismal season by securing a return to Europe's elite club competition.[/p][p][b]"It is (the) minimum standard for Liverpool to play Champions League. We have six games left and we have to give (our) all in those six games,"[/b] he said.[/p][embed guid="db330fba-8a3c-45bb-afb5-d1f862951669" url="https://x.com/Ligue1_ENG/status/2044143557565452772" social-type="twitter" /][p]Liverpool are likely to finish the season with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ekitike-hugo/ltVXPlJU/"]Hugo Ekitike[/a] on the sidelines after the striker was injured in the first-half.[/p][p][b]"I think it is bad. I don't know, I have heard many things,"[/b] Konate said.[/p][p][b]"I have no word to talk about that because, with the World Cup coming, it is very, very hard for him and I send him my prayers."[/b][/p]