PSG's Khvicha Kvaratskhelia on turning around Liverpool's 1-0 Champions League lead at Anfield
10/03/2025
Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, UK
10/03/2025
Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, UK
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00:00Good evening, welcome to the pre-match press conference ahead of the last 16th tie between
00:16Liverpool and PSG.
00:18Kovac Senna is with you here and he's waiting to answer your questions either in English
00:25or in French.
00:26Hi, after the game in the first leg, I think you have a 16% chance of going through to
00:40the next round according to the statisticians.
00:43What percentage chance do you think you have of going through to the next round?
00:48Hi everyone, first of all I want to say that the chances are I think 50-50 because I think
00:59to dominate against Liverpool is not easy and we did it, we played very well, I think
01:05we showed great football and for me tomorrow the game will be 50-50, we just have to concentrate
01:12about our game and to be confident to show them that we are here just to win.
01:24Hi, I'm from L'Equipe newspaper.
01:29You're from Napoli, you're used to playing in a wonderful stadium with great atmospheres.
01:37I think after playing at home in Paris on previous occasions, PSG has struggled particularly
01:41against them in Barcelona.
01:42Do you talk about this in the dressing room, about going to these big stadiums?
01:46Do you have a lot of confidence now amongst your fellow players for tomorrow?
01:53Yeah, of course we are speaking about everything in the dressing room but like I said before
01:59we are confident and we're just thinking about tomorrow's game and we are just happy
02:06that we have the chance to play this important game tomorrow and we give everything for this game.
02:18RMC Sport, it seems that you're getting better and better in a PSG shirt.
02:25How do you feel about your progress?
02:28You're at 80%, 90% of what you're fully capable of doing at the moment.
02:31How do you judge yourself?
02:35Yes, I think I feel great here because my adaptation was good.
02:41I think because they helped me so much, the team, club, players, the coaches and everybody
02:45in the team.
02:46And I feel I can do more and that's why I'm working hard to show everybody that I can
02:53do every time more and more and I will do it and I try to work hard to show them that
03:00I can do every time better and better.
03:09Hello, how are you preparing mentally because you're going to have to turn this score around
03:14and how are you preparing to do that for tomorrow?
03:18We have motivation of course and we prepare ourselves.
03:22I don't know which way but when you play a field against Liverpool I think you don't
03:29need to motivate yourself so much.
03:32You have it already inside and when you play for the Paris Saint-Germain I think you have
03:38motivation every game and when you play in the Champions League of course it's an honour
03:43and we have a big mentality I think in the team and we just try to win tomorrow.
03:51This is our mentality.
04:00Hi, I'm over here.
04:03The team, the newspaper once again.
04:05I just want to talk about your dribbling.
04:07You're different in terms of lots of other players.
04:11Is it important for you to be a player who looks good when you're dribbling, when you're
04:14playing, when you dribble past players?
04:16Is that important for you to look good in what you're doing?
04:20Yeah, of course.
04:21First, I love football.
04:23I love to play football and of course I'm enjoying when I dribble or try to do something
04:29beautiful but most important for me is the team and most important for me is the team
04:34goals.
04:36Of course, football is not only to do something beautiful.
04:42It's about the result, about winning the games, about winning the trophies.
04:46I think for me also it's important to play beautiful but also it's important to have
04:52good results.
04:58Just down here on the left from the Parisian newspaper.
05:03You're one of very few players who've already played here with Napoli.
05:09Have you given some advice to your players, your fellow players, told them how important
05:13it is coming here?
05:17Have other players perhaps spoken in the restroom to try and motivate everyone because tomorrow's
05:22game is really important of course.
05:23Yeah, I think I'm not the only one who played here at Anfield.
05:27Most of them know what it means to play at Anfield.
05:31Of course, it will be a tough game because there will be a great atmosphere for Liverpool
05:37but I know that also our fans are coming here and also for us will be good support.
05:44We know that they are every time with us and they also will be for us from Paris.
05:53Most important is when you go to the field just concentrate about football and just do
05:58your work.
05:59We try to do our best.
06:01It doesn't matter if we play at Anfield or in Paris.
06:04Our goal is to win tomorrow and we give everything for that.
06:14I think everyone was surprised by how much you dominated Liverpool.
06:20Were you surprised by your domination and you think you can play exactly the same game
06:26tomorrow?
06:27Basically, get hold of the ball and just not give it back to Liverpool because tomorrow
06:31you're playing in one of the toughest places to play of course.
06:35Yeah, like I said it will be a tough game but our goal is to dominate the game like
06:41we did in Paris and to play the quality of the game like we did in Paris.
06:49We will try it because I think to dominate, like I said, against Liverpool is not easy
06:55and we know here will be more difficult but if we play our game and we just concentrate
07:00about our game and we just give everything to do on the field, I think everything is
07:08possible and we try to just play our game and let's see what will be finished.
07:21Looking back at the home game, it was a narrow defeat, you could still qualify, you could
07:28still get through.
07:31To what degree is this the most important game for PSG thus far this season?
07:36Do you agree it's the most important game?
07:39Yeah, I think it will be the most important game tomorrow in our season because in the
07:44Champions League our goal is to be part of the Champions League as many times as possible
07:51and to play in the final.
07:55I think every game is important for us but in the Champions League against Liverpool
07:59when you are already in the quarter-finals so every game is important now and also we
08:06are down 1-0 so we know that tomorrow's game is most important in the season.
08:19Could you give us an idea of the feeling in the dressing room last week after the defeat
08:24and have you been in a game at this level where you've dominated to that extent and
08:29still lost?
08:31Yeah, we were a little bit disappointed because I think the football that day was unfair because
08:39when you play like that against Liverpool and you didn't win it's like very, very unfair
08:45and we were disappointed but next day when we go to the dressing room we just watch each
08:50other, we smile and we just keep working hard to play the same and I think like I said tomorrow
08:59if we try to play the same quality of the game we can win the game.
09:04We show everybody that we can win against every team now.
09:19You have a coach who was in charge of Barcelona when they performed that wonderful remontada
09:26when they came back and they lost heavily, same thing, you came back last year as well
09:34in another game, PSG did as well.
09:36Is Luis Enrique communicating this idea to you that anything is possible tomorrow after all?
09:44Yeah, of course he's telling us many stories and he's telling us that we just have to concentrate
09:52about our game and just be confident, just try more and more every time and everything
09:59is possible.
10:00Of course, he has many games like that and he knows everything well than us so that's
10:07why he's our coach and he's giving us many, many opportunities to show us some stuff that
10:14we can play, we can do it in the field and we will try to do our best on the field and
10:20I think the chance will be huge.
10:29Well, the coach has switched your position, you've played on the left where you normally
10:35play for Napoli, sometimes in the middle, sometimes on the right.
10:39Does that disrupt you a little bit or are you happy to switch positions or do you prefer
10:44playing on the left?
10:47I think when you play in Paris Saint-Germain it doesn't matter which position you are,
10:52I'm in attack so I'm close to scoring goals and for me this is the most important and
10:58I think wherever the team needs me I will play, even if it's defence or something I
11:06will do my best wherever it is.
11:09I don't really care about it because the most important thing is that I'm playing football
11:15and I'm enjoying it so much so I will try to do everything for my team and the position
11:21doesn't matter for me.
11:27What's your expectation before the game, if we confirm the first game or second game,
11:32will it be the same style game with one team domination or will it be the open game with
11:41many attacks by both teams?
11:45I think tomorrow Liverpool will be more confident because they are playing at home with this
11:50amazing fans so we know that it will be a little bit tougher game than it was in Paris
11:57and of course they are confident because they are winning 1-0 and I think it will be a different
12:05game but we try to play our game and the most important is the result so let's see tomorrow
12:12after the game who will be the next, who will win this battle.
12:25On the basis of what you saw last week, what do you think you need to do to win tomorrow
12:29against Liverpool?
12:33I think the most important is last game we created many many chances and we didn't score
12:41we had many many great opportunities to score but we missed it and I think tomorrow will
12:50be so important to just be ready for every moment and if there will be chance to score
12:57we have to score it and just use our strength that we have on the team.