Mauricio Pochettino, coach of the French club Paris Saint-Germain, spoke about the great victory over Manchester City in the match that ended with the first victory with two clean goals, at the “Park of the Princes”, in the Champions League competitions for the current season 2021/22.
Pochettino said after the Paris Saint-Germain match against Manchester City: “It’s true I celebrated (Messi’s goal), I usually don’t celebrate goals, but yes I celebrated it today, I watched Messi score goals for many years, but as his opponent, this is the goal for him with The team, for me, I had to celebrate.”
The Paris Saint-Germain coach added: “Don’t thank me too much, the more we achieved today from the players, I accept criticism because this teaches me, when the role of praise comes, I hope he goes to the team.”
Pochettino stressed: “I think the team’s performance was good, we knew how to dominate in difficult times against a very good team like City, we knew how to play and attack when needed, the team develops over time.”
“The matches help us. We are trying to grow. We have a very positive group that knows what to do. It’s a great match for our players and we have to congratulate them. It’s a great team effort. I’m happy with the team performance. There are things to improve of course,” the Paris Saint-Germain coach said.
The Paris Saint-Germain coach continued Pochettino “I think the team’s performance was good, we knew how to dominate in difficult times against a very good team like City, we knew how to play and attack when needed, the team is developing over time.”
The Paris Saint-Germain coach continued:Manchester City has 6 seasons under Pep Guardiola, the best coach in the world, he’s one of the best teams in the world. We knew it wouldn’t be easy, but we have players who can be decisive.”
New Paris Saint-Germain player Lionel Messi scored his first goal with the Parisian team on Tuesday evening, after he was able to add the second goals of the meeting in favor of the hosts.
Senegalese Idrissa Gueye scored the first goal for Paris Saint-Germain in the 8th minute of the match, his first goal in the Champions League during his career.
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Gaye became the top scorer for the French capital club this season, raising his score to 4 goals with the duo Kylian Mbappe and Andera Herrera.
The Argentine star Lionel Messi scored the second goal for PSG with a superb shot in the 74th minute of the match, and this goal is the first signed by the flea with Paris Saint-Germain after he moved to him during the last summer transfer period from Barcelona, Spain.
Lionel Messi
Messi returned to participate with Paris Saint-Germain against Manchester City, after recovering from the injury he suffered in the left knee, against Olympique Lyon in the sixth round of the French League, and his absence against Metz and Montpellier, respectively..
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Paris Saint-Germain played the match with a formation that included: Goalkeepers: Donnarumma / Defense line: Kimpembe, Marquinhos, Ashraf Hakimi, Nuno Mendes / Midfield: Herrera, Verratti, Idrissa Guy / Forward line: Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, Neymar.
The formation of Manchester City was as follows: Goalkeepers: Ederson / Defense line: Laporte, Diaz, Cancelo, Walker / Midfield: De Bruyne, Rodri, Bernardo Silva / Forward line: Riyad Mahrez, Raheem Sterling, Jack Grealish.
At the same time, Belgium’s Club Brugge scored a valuable victory over its German host Leipzig, with two goals against a goal, in the confrontation that brought them together at the Red Bull Arena.
With this result, Paris Saint-Germain tops the table of the first group standings in the Champions League, after raising its score to 4 points, ahead of only Club Brugge, the runner-up, with the same balance of points, while Man City came third with 3 points, and Leipzig is at the bottom of the standings without any points.
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Manchester City had won a wide victory in the first round over Leipzig, Germany, 6-3, while the Paris team fell into the trap of a positive tie against its Belgian host Club Brugge, 1-1.
Paris Saint-Germain leads the French league standings with 24 points, after achieving the full mark, by winning 8 consecutive matches, after its last victory over Montpellier with a clean double, on the other hand, Manchester City achieved a valuable victory over its host Chelsea with a clean goal, in the Blues stronghold. Stamford Bridge, in the sixth round of the English Premier League.