Soccer Football - Champions League - Paris St Germain Training - Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain - February 15, 2021 Paris St Germain's Kylian Mbappe, Keylor Navas, Marco Verratti and teammates during training REUTERS/Albert Gea
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Paris St Germain's Kylian Mbappe will be under the spotlight when they face Barcelona in their Champions League last-16 first leg tie on Tuesday without Neymar and Angel Di Maria but coach Mauricio Pochettino feels he will live up to expectations.
Although Mbappe is the Ligue 1 top scorer with 16 goals this season, he has largely failed to ignite in the Champions League with just two goals and he has not scored in the knockout stage since a 2-0 win at Manchester United in the last 16 in 2019.
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