Luis Enrique Unfazed After PSG Loss: “If You Want to Bet on the Champion...”

Luis Enrique left the Parc des Princes frustrated but not alarmed. Paris Saint-Germain lost 2-1 to Monaco on Friday, yet the coach insisted his team had deserved to win, and by a wide margin.

“It is clear. And by a wide margin,” Luis Enrique said when asked whether PSG deserved victory. He argued that Paris had created far more chances, while Monaco’s goalkeeper had been the best player on the field. In his view, it was the familiar kind of defeat in which a team controls the match but football rewards only the goals.

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It is clear. And by a wide margin.

PSG have conceded eight goals since the start of the season, including six in three league matches. Luis Enrique rejected the suggestion that the defense should cause concern. Monaco scored with both of its shots on target, he said, while PSG pressed at a very high level and restricted Monaco to an expected-goals figure of zero in the first half.

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The result cannot erase everything you did well.

The coach praised Monaco for defending well and winning all its matches so far, but said the result could not erase PSG’s performance. “Monaco are very happy and were more clinical, but they know that if we play the same match 10 times, we win eight and draw one,” he said.

Luis Enrique also explained that important players, including Lucas Digne for this match, would regularly be left out of the squad. Three players will be excluded from the match list each week, he said, and the club must adjust to that situation throughout the season. Asked about his contract extension through 2030, he said he was even more motivated than in his first year, although the supplied account ends before his full answer.

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Monaco are very happy and were more clinical, but they know that if we play the same match 10 times, we win eight and draw one.