28 goals scored but none came from stars

It was first time the trio were together

With a mouth-watering front three of Messi, Neymar and Mbappe, you would be forgiven for thinking that Paris Saint-Germain plundered in the bulk of the 28 goals that were scored in Wednesday night’s Champions League fixtures. However, the world’s most lavishly-assembled strike force bagged exactly … none.

PSG were held to a disappointing 1-1 draw by Club Bruges on a night when City smashed 6 past RB Leipzig in Pep Guardiola’s 300th match in charge. There were loads of goals elsewhere too as Ajax scored 5 against Sporting Lisbon while Liverpool put 3 past AC Milan, so, what went wrong with the Ligue 1 giants?

Right balance

Following the arrival of the former Barcelona ace, PSG are now expected to tear teams apart at will. People think they’ll wrack up cricket scores and that the titles will start flowing — but it doesn’t always work like that. With so many top class players to choose from, it will take time for PSG to get the balance right but you can expect the pressure to grow with every misplaced pass or tame effort at goal as was witnessed at the Jan Breydel Stadium.

The trio will need several more games to get up to speed with each other’s styles of play and I have no doubt that we will see flashes of brilliance from them soon.