Red-hot PSG beat Liverpool 2-0 in quarter-final first leg

Goals from Desire Doue and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia spurred holders Paris St ⁠Germain to a 2-0 home ⁠win over Liverpool in ‌their Champions ​League quarter-final first leg on Wednesday.

Doue and Kvaratskhelia struck either side of halftime to give Luis ​Enrique’s side ⁠a solid advantage ahead of next week’s return at Anfield, where PSG booked their ⁠place ‌in the last eight last season.

Doue opened the scoring ‌with a deflected effort before ⁠Kvaratskhelia doubled the lead with a superb solo ‌run and finish, but ‌PSG wasted a handful of ‌chances that would ‌have further strengthened their bid to reach the semi-finals.

Liverpool, thrashed 4-0 by Manchester ⁠City ⁠in the FA Cup quarter-finals at the weekend, set up cautiously with three centre backs and Mohamed Salah on the bench, but struggled ​to contain a PSG side ​that mixed patient ​possession with bursts of attacking intensity.