Mauricio Pochettino has called Paris Saint-Germain “better qualified” than his Champions League semi-final exit on Tuesday.
Even though Manchester City ended up with a 4–1 aggregate advantage following their 2–0 second leg win, the manager claimed that PSG were dominated by “a very difficult team to control”.
The Nationals held Pochettino’s group without a shot on target in the second leg, however, and with PSG pulled past Riyadh Mahrez Brace, PSG eventually going under 10 men when Angel Di Maria was knocked out in the second half. It was done.
What has been said
“If we analyze two games, we dominate a very difficult team to control,” Pochettino said. RMC Sport. “You need a small percentage of luck to score at crucial moments.
“I’m disappointed, because we deserved better. But Manchester City have been more clinical than us. They scored the goals we needed, we played the game we wanted with the plan. It’s obviously disappointing, because The objective was to go to the finals.
“We have to be positive, after an elimination it is difficult, you have to keep this process in mind, stay calm, analyze the situation … We got here to beat Barcelona and Bayern. Not making it to the finals is a shame. It is a matter of fact, but the team never gave up, they fought till the end.
He said, ‘We played 10 matches against 11 [30] Min, which is a big loss. It was not for us. We will go back strong, the club and the players will be ready to win the rest of the match. We will be ready. “
Absence of mbappe
PSG was without star forward Kian Malappé, who has been hampered by a calf injury, but Pochettino did not want to use that trauma to explain the loss.
“It can’t be an excuse,” he said. “We are a team. Of course, it is unfortunate that he was not ready to help the team, but that is not an excuse. We cannot use that excuse because the team performed well.”
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