PSG coach Luis Enrique said on Saturday that his team was still “imperfect” but she was going “to fight in all competitions”on the eve of the match against Nice at the end of the 7th day of Ligue 1 and four days after the defeat against Arsenal (2-0) in the Champions League.
“We are imperfect, we will improve but I am sure that this team will struggle in all competitions. If we replay this match against Arsenal, at home at the Parc, perhaps the result will not be the same”declared Luis Enrique on Saturday at a press conference.
“When there is a defeat, it is very sad to hit a player. We often pick on (Gianluigi) Donnarumma, please leave him alone and take care of me”he said in response to a question about the Italian international goalkeeper’s disappointing performance against Arsenal.
According to him, PSG is not “not far” of the Gunners of Mikel Arteta, his London counterpart.
“Arteta has been in charge of his team for five years. For us, it’s been a year and three months. It’s not an excuse, I get up every morning to win all the competitions. But the difference with a coach, a sports management who have worked together for five years exists”he insisted while he sometimes affirms that his objective is to “build a team” and not to win a trophy.
The Spaniard did not want to say whether Ousmane Dembélé, excluded before the trip to London, would be present in the group called for the trip to Nice.
“When a player does not meet the obligations, he is on the sidelines but when he meets them, he is ready”he simply declared when asked if the attacker would be summoned.
“I’m tough when I have to be tough, and more permissive when I can be. This is my role”continued Luis Enrique. “I have no problem making decisions. No one is going to take them for me. If they fail, it’s my fault, that’s clear. But it’s up to me to take them and I assume them. »
While he was the target of criticism after his response considered contemptuous to a Canal+ journalist after the defeat in London, he affirmed that he did not know “what was said” ensuite.
“I always try to protect my players. The person responsible for defeats is the coach. I have nothing else to say. What I can’t control, I don’t try to control. I have nothing to add”.
He refused to answer a question about his “tactical”, “because,” he continued, “you wouldn’t understand”.
