Luis Enrique eyeing for unbeaten Ligue 1 campaign with PSG

Luis Enrique is relishing the imaginable of becoming the archetypal squad to decorativeness Ligue 1 unbeaten, with Paris Saint-Germain conscionable a gully distant from a 4th consecutive title.

PSG beryllium apical of the Ligue 1 standings with 71 points, having won 22 and drawn 5 of their 27 matches truthful far. They are conscionable 7 games distant from the historical Ligue 1 milestone, with Angers lasting successful their mode connected Saturday.

Luis Enrique’s broadside are besides challenging for their archetypal Champions League title, hosting Aston Villa successful the archetypal limb of their quarter-final necktie connected Wednesday.

Form is connected PSG’s broadside this weekend. They person won each of their past 15 games against Angers, the longest winning streak by 1 squad against different successful the competition’s history.

“I wasn’t funny successful [records] until now, but of course, we privation to spell unbeaten passim the season,” Luis Enrique told reporters connected Friday.

“We don’t conscionable privation to beryllium champions, but we privation to beryllium competitory and execute well. We privation to amended our records and statistics.

“We tin ever improve. The players tin get individually and collectively. We are trying to bid successful a mode that tin beryllium reflected successful matches. We changed things. It’s a corporate sport, truthful it’s precise hard to scope the highest level.”

PSG could person won the rubric past weekend, having thrashed Saint-Etienne 6-1, but different results did not spell their way. Monaco bushed Nice successful a crippled successful which Luis Enrique’s broadside needed a draw.

Although the 54-year-old said his absorption remained connected 14th-placed Angers, helium reflected connected erstwhile PSG manager Unai Emery’s Villa, who are connected a six-match winning streak successful each competitions up of hosting Nottingham Forest successful the Premier League connected Saturday.

“I cognize astir Unai Emery and his quality to analyse his opponents and fortify his teams. He’s a apical coach. He has shown that astatine antithetic clubs,” Luis Enrique said.

“We cognize what benignant of opponents we volition beryllium facing. Last year, they were astatine a precise precocious level. I deliberation they are a much implicit squad this season.”

Luis Enrique besides got a adjacent look astatine the caller Club World Cup trophy, which is connected a circuit up of its expanded 32-team variation debuting successful June.

PSG volition beryllium competing successful the tournament, with Atletico Madrid their archetypal opponents connected June 15. They are besides successful a radical with Botafogo and Seattle Sounders.

No French broadside has ever won the Club World Cup.

“We are the lone French typical successful the competition, truthful we are representing France, and that is an other root of information for us,” Luis Enrique said.

PSG person recovered glory successful Europe hard to travel by, losing the Champions League last successful 2019-20 and getting knocked retired successful the semi-finals by Borussia Dortmund past season.

“We can’t ever beryllium perfect. We volition suffer, and determination could beryllium lapses successful focus. That has been a changeless taxable successful my vocation arsenic a coach,” Luis Enrique added.

“We privation to amusement that we are competitive, and we person been competitory successful Europe for galore years.

“We privation to beryllium an outstanding squad connected the planetary stage.”