Finally, we saw the long awaited trident in action. Three players who should bring fear to the bones of any opponent. To bring sweat to the palms of every goalkeeper in the world.The bones of the Club Brugge footballers did not shake, Simon Mignolet’s palms remained dry. The net behind the former Liverpool goalkeeper shook only once. Messi – Neymar – Mbappe failed on their joint debut.PSG did not intimidate anyone with last night’s performance. Certainly not the goalkeeper of the Belgian champion – he had to intervene only three times. According to him – a walk in the park.Instead of one of the members of the deadly attack, it was the midfielder Ander Herrera that had Mignolet picking up the ball out of the net.’I didn’t really have a lot of work to do, we played very well collectively. We didn’t concede chances against a team with an incredible attack. You can’t mark them one on one, they have so much quality to get past you.’, said Mignolet after the match.’We tried to defend collectively to not leave them with any spaces. I made two or three saves, that weren’t that difficult.” pic.twitter.com/1b5LaanWAr— I’m The Man (@official_kestia) September 16, 2021 It will not be pleasant in the locker room of Paris Saint-Germain before the next training, but Mauricio Pochettino remains calm. He is partially satisfied and believes that in time things will fall into place.’We know we have to improve. That’s not an issue for me. I’m happy with the forwards’ defensive work. We need to be tougher in other sectors of play. They need playing time to get to know and understand each other; to play together to succeed, but that wasn’t the issue tonight.’ stressed the Argentinian manager.’We weren’t solid enough for a Champions League match. We’re not happy with the result or the performance, we know we have to do better. We have a magnificent group of players, what we need to do now is find a defensive and offensive structure. We need time.’Italian expert Antonio Conte leapt to Pochettino’s defence.‘To find the balance at PSG is not simple, but not only for Pochettino, it would be difficult for anyone.’ the former Inter boss said while speaking to Sky Italia.Sun, 19/9, 21.45: (1.37) PSG (5.60) LYON (8.50)Others weren’t so supportive. Especially former PSG forward Nicolas Anelka.‘Brugge were better in terms of intensity, the midfield battle, shots on target, in every area, so congratulations to them.‘We expected PSG to play well, but it’s the PSG we don’t want to see. Nothing went well. There was no intensity, no tracking back, nothing going forward. If they play like that, it’s not going to be possible (to win the competition).’Former Ballon D’Or winner agrees to some extent with Anelka.’As much as we drool over them, this PSG team with those forwards, they’re all phenomenal players in their own right.’ Michael Owen told BT Sport.’But three together makes it weaker for me and I don’t really understand why they’re one of the favourites for it (the Champions League). I think the English teams (Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City and Man United) are far, far superior.’The scorer of the only goal for the French capital giants, the Spanish midfielder Ander Herrera, who has been playing in great shape lately, points out that his team deserved the victory. There is little to indicate such a thing. Bruges were a better rival.”We knew before the game that we would meet a strong team. I think we played well enough to win. We didn’t play great, but we deserved a triumph. Their goalkeeper was very good,” Herrera praised Mignolet (who claims he didn’t break a sweat).Ivorian assassin hits four on his Champions League debut as Reds beat Milan in five-goal thrillerHe adds that the attacking approach left too much space for the opponent. For a team with the ambitions that PSG has, that should not happen.”We missed a few opportunities, but we will improve. We will win games. We have a very offensive team. Sometimes when you play attacking football, you leave a certain space behind, that is the philosophy of the team, the club.”Deputy captain Presnel Kimpembe, however, paid tribute to the rival.”This is the Champions League. We met a very good Brugges team, although we must admit we did not play our best. They deserve praise, we had a pretty difficult match tonight. In the end we won a point and most importantly we did not lose.””We have to respect teams like that. We know we’re better on paper, but we have to prove that on the pitch as well. Like I said, they deserved a point tonight.”
