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Seemingly unfazed, Rodgers insisted he took more encouragement from this defeat than from Celtic’s seven-goal thrashing by Barcelona last season.
The Scottish champions lost 7-0 in the Nou Camp last campaign, which the Ulsterman referred to in his post-match press conference.
He said: “We conceded seven goals in Barcelona when I first came in and I was very disappointed after that.
“But in a strange way, I thought there were lots of good moments in this game. We made a great start which gave us belief, defending strong with good focus and quality.
“We gave the ball away in midfield and of course that gives them the opportunity.
“I was most disappointed in the spell after that. We gave away disappointing goals but we still had moments when we broke through, I thought we had a penalty shout with Moussa and we looked a threat at times.
“I was looking at the scoreline and thinking we had conceded disappointing goals but we look okay in the game.
“When it gets to 4-1 you are trying to limit the damage and we were compact and tight and then they score three goals out of nothing really.
“There are lessons for us, we can keep the ball better and defend better but you also have to admire the sheer quality of PSG.
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must have had 11 shots and seven went in and with quality.”
The Parkhead club are still in third place in Group B, three points ahead of Anderlecht and now look to clinch a Europa League spot against the Belgian side in their final Group B fixture at Parkhead next month.
More pressingly, Rodgers (right) is confident his players will have recovered for Sunday’s Betfred Cup final against Motherwell at Hampden Park.
He said: “With professional