Paris Saint-Germain’s Kylian Mbappe and Neymar have expressed their feelings regarding the delayed development in their frontline attack chemistry and dynamism in the French capital this term.
Mbappe is much excited that the much-anticipated chemistry between himself and both his frontline colleagues Neymar and Lionel Messi is starting to show albeit so late in the Ligue 1 season as the attacking trident have managed 11 goals and eight assists between them as they finally appear to have sizzled together brilliantly in their last two league games alone.
Mauricio Pochettino’s side seems locked into auto-cruise mode for another league title, which will be consolation at least for being dumped from the European stage this season. Pressed for further comment on what the on-pitch chemistry between the three of them is like, Mbappe told Canal+:
“Yes, it’s a shame it’s only happening now, but then there were a fair amount of circumstances and events that meant we were delayed. But we feel that we’re three quality players, and we trying to help the team as much as possible and that’s what happened today.
“That’s life, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, you have to keep looking forward. It’s in the past now. We had some pain, which is still present but you need to keep positive, we have to show that we’re a big club and a big team and that we’re here to win trophies.”
Pochettino also offered his views on the relationship between his star-men in the wake of his side’s 6-1 win over Clermont in which Mbappe and Neymar both registered hat-tricks while Messi bagged a hat-trick of assists.
“The problem is that a lot of people don’t listen,” explained the Argentine.
“Since the start of the season we’ve been saying it takes time to create natural instincts, not only this chemistry on the pitch but also in the changing room. The circumstances are well known, the season started after the Euros and the Copa America, and then every month our players were out for a fortnight. We missed them in the decisive moments of the season.”
Last week, Mbappé and Neymar both scored a brace each against FC Lorient, and on Saturday, the duo both followed up with hat-tricks against Clermont Foot, while the remaining prong of the trident Messi provided one goal and three assists in the last two matches as he keeps up with his two teammates.
Unfortunately the buzzkill to this recent form is coming only after PSG have been eliminated from the UEFA Champions League and Coupe de France.
As for the league, that seems to be already a foregone conclusion, and the only marquee match is against Olympique de Marseille next week, so they’ll be hoping to keep this form against their arch-rival.