LIVERPOOL were yesterday accused by their French Euro conquerers Paris St Germain of lacking mental and physical resolve following their 3-0 defeat at Parc des Princes on Thursday.

And after a fuming Roy Evans condemned his side's lack of passion and pride, the French team added insult to injury.

Chief accuser was attacking midfielder Benoit Cauet. "It's always been said that English teams are strong and French sides don't have that in them," he said. "But we were that much tougher than Liverpool right from the start, both at the back and up front.

PSG's Brazilian skipper Rai hinted that the ease of the first leg victory had surprised him. "When we had the ball we found that we could open them up with just one or two touches and cause them problems all the time."