'Weird' PSG lacked intensity in Man Utd defeat


  • Football
  • Wednesday, 21 Oct 2020

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Champions League - Group H - Paris St Germain v Manchester United - Parc des Princes, Paris, France - October 20, 2020 Paris St Germain's Neymar REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) - Paris St Germain's formidable attacking trio normally strike fear into opponents, but in Tuesday's 2-1 home defeat to Manchester United in their Champions League opener there was no collective response when the forwards misfired.

Neymar, Angel Di Maria and Kylian Mbappe were disappointing and the French champions lacked aggressiveness and intelligence elsewhere to make up for their stars' under-par performances.

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