Kylian Mbappe suffers final PSG failure in the Champions League

Kylian Mbappe would have dreamed of his final Champions League act as a Paris St-Germain player being to lift the trophy at Wembley. The reality was very different.

And it was a slip that provides the final word in one of the most disappointing eras of modern European football - PSG’s star-studded but unsuccessful hunt for the Champions League.“This was unusual for Kylian Mbappe,” former England defender Rio Ferdinand, a Champions League winner with Manchester United in 2008, told TNT Sports. “He's a guy we're accustomed to seeing at the biggest moments, on the biggest stage, when it's all on the line.

Then, in 2021, it seemed the dream was within touching distance as arguably the greatest of all time, Lionel Messi, was signed on a free transfer. Surely, with such a star-studded front three, a first Champions League was within their grasp. This failure will particularly sting, having failed to score against the fifth-placed side in the Bundesliga despite having 44 shots in two games. It’s the highest number of shots a team has had without scoring in a two-legged Champions League tie since Opta records began in 2003-04.

It’s all yet another example of PSG lacking quality when it matters most in the Champions League, with their biggest names – Mbappe, in this case – failing to deliver when it counts. They then launched a remarkable second-leg comeback to beat Barcelona in the quarter-final, displaying a blend of silk and steel in the image of their manager Luis Enrique.

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