Paris Saint-Germain v Liverpool: Champions League quarter-final, first leg – live

<p>⚽ Champions League updates from the 8pm BST kick-off<br>⚽ <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2026/apr/08/barcelona-v-atletico-madrid-champions-league-quarter-final-first-leg">Barcelona v Atlético Madrid – live</a> | <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/live">Latest scores</a></p><p><strong>“I am beset by dread,”</strong> writes Joe Pearson, “and not in the ‘I am the law’ kind of way. Although admittedly PSG are giving off ‘You’re next, punk!’ vibes. IYKYK.”</p><p><strong>While Arsenal were busy <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/apr/07/sporting-arsenal-champions-league-quarter-final-first-leg-match-report">Arsenaling their way</a></strong> to a worthy but dull Bigger Cup quarter-final first leg win at Sporting on Tuesday, the players of Real Madrid and Bayern Munich released the collective handbrake and performed many high-speed donuts, wheel spins and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X7XGmS6Pe4">Rockfords</a> as a pleasing counterpoint to the careful mirror-signal-manoeuvring on display at Lisbon’s Estádio José Alvalade.</p><p>Like a couple of stolen supercars racing each other around a shopping mall in The Fast and the Furious: Bicester Village, these two European heavyweights massively committed to the bit, not unlike a daily football email bogged down in a laboured motoring metaphor.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2026/apr/08/paris-saint-germain-v-liverpool-champions-league-quarter-final-first-leg-live">Continue reading...</a>