Emery shrugs off shocking PSG loss over Strasbourg
Paris, Dec. 3: Paris SaintGermain coach Unai Emery shrugged off concerns about next week’s Champions League clash with Bayern Munich after his side fell to their first Ligue 1 defeat of the season at lowly Strasbourg on Saturday.
Neymar’s PSG travel to Munich knowing that they will top Group B as long as they don’t lose 4-0 to Bayern, and asked by reporters if he was worried about his team ahead of the clash, Emery replied “No”.
“Tuesday’s match is a big test against a team that also wants to go far in the Champions League. We want to show that we want to have a good season,” he said.
PSG face having their lead at the top of Ligue 1 cut ahead of their trip to Germany, with Monaco, Marseille and Lyon all looking to take advantage of the runaway leaders’ shock slip in Alsace.
But Emery insisted that his team deserved to win and wasn’t worried about the display.
“We had plenty of opportunities to score and not lose the game (against Strasbourg), but we weren’t clinical in front of goal,” said Emery.
“We deserved to win so I’m not worried.”
Stephane Bahoken downed PSG with a bullet finish in the 65th minute to drag the lowly home side away from relegation trouble and up to 14th.
“To beat a team like that you need all the planets to align and you need to go above and beyond,” said Strasbourg coach Thierry Laurey. —