Luis Enrique Responds to PSG’s Festival Celebrating Ousmane Dembélé’s Comeback

Paris Saint-Germain will remember this evening. While visiting Leverkusen, the reigning European champion achieved its biggest victory in Champions League history, winning 7-2. The match saw six different scorers for PSG (Pacho, Doué with two goals, Kvaratskhelia, Nuno Mendes, Dembélé upon his return, and Vitinha), demonstrating complete control over the game.

“The feeling is very positive because we played really well. We created clear chances and deserved the victory,” said Luis Enrique on Canal+ after the final whistle. The Asturian coach brushed aside the red card shown to Zabarnyi and the two penalties conceded, noting that Andrich was also sent off earlier. “It was a bit strange because with one player sent off, the match changed to ten against ten.”

Luis Enrique praises his team’s performance

PSG was already dominant at eleven against eleven, and it was even worse at ten against ten. Just minutes after the Ukrainian defender’s departure, PSG scored three goals in seven minutes to lead 4-1 at halftime. The outcome was already clear. “I think it’s always difficult to play away. You can’t control everything, but we did our job as usual and we can be proud of this team,” continued the Parisian coach.

To cap off the great evening, Dembélé scored upon his return just three minutes after entering the game. “Dembélé scored like many goals last year, with Barcola providing the assist. It’s nice to see this connection between the players. I’m happy to have players like him and Marquinhos back.” The Brazilian remained on the bench this evening, while PSG took the top spot in the standings.