´Ridiculous´ to criticise PSG for back-to-back defeats, says Luis Enrique

Luis Enrique says it would beryllium “ridiculous” to look excessively profoundly into Paris Saint-Germain slumping to a 2nd consecutive Ligue 1 decision connected Saturday.

The Spaniard enactment retired a heavy rotated starting lineup for Saturday’s clash against Strasbourg, undoubtedly keeping 1 oculus connected Wednesday’s Champions League semi-final 2nd limb against Arsenal.

Strasbourg, who are present successful 4th spot and surely eyeing a Champions League spot, took the pb successful the 20th infinitesimal erstwhile Mamadou Sarr’s header deflected into the nett disconnected Lucas Hernandez.

The hosts past doubled their vantage precocious successful the archetypal fractional arsenic Felix Lemarechal curled a superb onslaught into the apical corner.

PSG raced retired the blocks aft the break, pulling a extremity backmost aft conscionable 44 seconds, courtesy of a composed tally and decorativeness from Bradley Barcola.

The visitors rallied hard for a precocious equaliser, with Goncalo Ramos squandering bully opportunities, sending a header wide of the people and seeing a last-gasp effort denied by Djordje Petrovic arsenic the hosts held connected to triumph 2-1.

It marks the archetypal clip since April 2023 that PSG person mislaid back-to-back Ligue 1 matches, pursuing past weekend’s decision to Nice.

Despite the loss, Luis Enrique insisted that helium is pleased with the mode his broadside performed.

“It was a precise high-level match,” the PSG manager said.

“It is not worthy going excessively heavy into it due to the fact that the objectives I had imagined person materialised, isolated from the result.

“I deliberation it was a precise adjacent lucifer betwixt 2 teams who privation to play successful the Champions League adjacent season.

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“It’s ridiculous to spell beyond that. I besides privation to accidental that we were adjacent to a draw, we had chances. But it’s not casual to play against this Strasbourg team.

“They person a batch of prime and experience. Now, we person to retrieve and participate a signifier of immersion for Wednesday’s lucifer [against Arsenal].”

Speaking connected the rotated lineup that featured a big of academy graduates, the Spaniard added: “We started with 4 players from the academy and finished with five. I americium precise satisfied with their performances.”

Indeed, with Warren Zaire-Emery, Senny Mayulu, Axel Tape and Ibrahim Mbaye each included successful the starting lineup, PSG became the archetypal squad successful the large 5 European leagues to commencement a league lucifer with 4 players calved successful 2006 oregon later.

PSG present crook their attraction to Wednesday’s Champions League semi-final 2nd limb against Arsenal astatine the Parc des Princes, wherever they clasp a constrictive 1-0 vantage from the archetypal leg.