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There’s a fine line between bravery and stupidity. And Arne Slot chose the evening of arguably the biggest game of his Liverpool tenure to straddle such a divide.

If a feature of his debut campaign was the continued ability to make the right calls no matter what the scenario, this season has seen the Reds boss possess the polar opposite to that Midas touch.

So to throw his team into the proverbial fire at the Parc des Princes with a formation that hasn’t before been seen in his tenure was a significant and unexpected gamble.

For parts of the game, it seemed a sensible move. Certainly, Paris Saint-Germain appeared as bewildered as some of the Liverpool players during the opening stages when everyone was trying to work out exactly what was going on.

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