The form of Kylian Mbappé and his performance during the slap received Wednesday in C1 by PSG on the Newcastle lawn (4-1) raised some questions. Enough to annoy Luis Enrique.
With only three victories on the clock after seven days of the championship, Paris Saint-Germain is having one of its worst starts to the season in the QSI era. And if the capital club is currently only fifth, it is perhaps also because its star striker has not been in the best form of late. Because even if he is the current top scorer in the championship with seven goals, Kylian Mbappé has seemed a little behind in recent days, first against Clermont (0-0), then against Newcastle last Wednesday, in the part of the group stage of the Champions League (4-1 defeat). Left injured on September 24 during the “Classic” won by Paris against OM (4-0), Mbappé apparently struggled to get back on track and the criticism was quick to appear . Enough to make Luis Enrique react.
Present on Saturday in front of the press, on the eve of Paris Saint-Germain’s trip to Rennes (8:45 p.m., 8th day), the Parisian coach showed himself to be quite annoyed by the journalists’ questions about the current form of the world champion 2018. « I remember that two or three weeks ago, in this same room, I was asked if we were ‘Kylian-dependent’ because he had just scored seven or eight goals. And today you ask me what Kylian should do because he hasn’t scored in the last few matches. You have to be a little more rational.“
Shades of Mbappé
For the Spanish tactician, it is therefore high time for the various observers to regain some lucidity. “ Kylian is 100%. Players go through different states throughout a season. He’s not Superman when he scores eight goals and he doesn’t go back to being a normal player when he doesn’t score. It’s not all black or white. There are nuances all the time. » For Luis Enrique, things are therefore simple, while the obvious remains: “ Kylian is a vital and decisive player for us. She is a decisive player and the objective of the coach that I am is to highlight her strengths, while erasing her faults.“
