In total the Argentine was only able to score 4 league goals all season, World Cup winner Kylian Mbappé was forced to take up the scoring slack of Messi and Neymar and netted 28 times during the season in Ligue 1. Messi’s best body of work was in the UEFA Champions League, but struggled to find the net in Ligue 1. His creativity from out wide was a major part of his team’s success and bodes well with Guardiola bidding to finally win the Champions League trophy at City.Lionel Messi played a total of 34 games across all competitions and scored 11 goals for Paris Saint Germain in his first season at the club. Grealish, the $138 million summer signing, looked the best of City’s attacking talent as the Englishman showed why the club invested so heavily in him. The quality of players was better today and that’s why we won.” “They have a young team, so aggressive, so strong. We scored a few minutes after they scored and it helped us a lot. They play all or nothing,” Guardiola told BT Sport after the match. Pep Guardiola’s side won 6-3 in a scintillating performance but he may be concerned by the amount of goals the defense leaked at the Etihad Stadium.Ĭhristopher Nkunku scored a hat-trick for the German side but City’s forwards made amends with goals from Nathan Ake, Jack Grealish, Riyad Mahrez, João Cancelo and Gabriel Jesus all adding to an own goal scored by Nordi Mukiele. While PSG struggled, Manchester City excelled in a classic Champions League encounter against RB Leipzig. Lars Baron/Getty Images Europe/Getty Images Lionel Messi was kept quiet on his Champions League debut for PSG. READ: Late Young Boys winner stuns Manchester United and Cristiano Ronaldo The 22-year-old was tended to by medical staff before hobbling off the pitch with what appeared to be an ankle injury. The night got even more disappointing for PSG when Mbappé limped off injured just six minutes into the second half. “That’s been clear and we’ve said that in recent days. “We need time to work for them to build an understanding,” Pochettino said, speaking about Messi, Neymar and Mbappé. The six-time Ballon d’Or winner showed glimpses of magic but the side looked like a team of individuals rather than a cohesive unit. Many at the club hoped Messi would be the missing piece of the puzzle in PSG’s hunt for a Champions League trophy but it seems the side is still a work in progress. They wanted it more than us tonight and they deserve the point.” “Nobody in the team can be happy with their performance and nobody can be happy with this result,” PSG head coach Mauricio Pochettino told reporters after the match. With its electric attacking trio of stars, the Parisians were firm favorites going into the tie and took an expected lead through Ander Herrera after 15 minutes.īut the hosts hit back before the half an hour mark, with Hans Vanaken scoring a deserved equalizer.īrugge then had chances to win the match and managed to keep Messi and his fellow stars quiet for most of the game – although the Argentine did hit the crossbar with a trademark shot from distance. Messi was playing the 150th Champions League game of his career – and his first for PSG – but the Ligue 1 side failed to click in what proved to be a tricky away game in Belgium. The much-hyped trio of Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé and Neymar failed to inspire Paris Saint-Germain to victory in its Champions League opener on Wednesday, with the French side being held to a 1-1 draw by Club Brugge.
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