Liverpool: Arne Slot complains about missed chances, injuries and VAR after Champions League exit to PSG - is he right?

We take a look at Arne Slot's post-match news conference after Liverpool's Champions League exit to Paris St-Germain to see how the Dutchman's reasoning for the Reds' struggles this season stacks up...

Arne Slot has been rueing Liverpool's lack of a clinical edge in the final third all season and after notching 1.92 Expected Goals (xG) against the European champions but failing to find the net at Anfield, it was no surprise it was on his agenda post-match.

"Unfortunately, it's one of the many examples of this season where we weren't able to score from the many chances we had," he said. "Again, we were so far underperforming in terms of xG and that is just an ongoing thing with us throughout the whole season."

It's certainly true in the Champions League. Liverpool went into Tuesday's game having scored 24 goals from 27.8xG, the biggest underperformance among the quarter-finalists.

But the xG conversion-rate picture in the Premier League isn't so damning. In fact, Liverpool's goals total is just 0.65 below their xG total. While that is some way off teams such as Arsenal (+7) and Man City (+5.45), there are nine teams who have a worse differential than Liverpool.

But it is perhaps the big chances missed which stick out in Slot's mind. There were two against PSG and only Aston Villa have a worse conversion rate of Opta-defined big chances in the Premier League this season.

Liverpool have missed 59 of 86 clear-cut openings in the top flight.