PSG coach Enrique brushes off concerns after slow start to Ligue 1
By Al Jazeera, September 5, 2026Paris Saint-Germain have not had as poor a start to a league season for 19 years, with Friday’s home loss to Monaco leaving them winless after three matches in the Ligue 1 season.
Days before they begin the defence of their Champions League title, however, the Parisians have handed coach Luis Enrique a contract extension until 2030.
The contract extension comes after he recently added the EUFA Super Cup trophy to his legendary stint with the Fench outfit after victory over Aston Villa in the European season curtain-raiser. The victory was the Parisians’ second success with the gaffer setting the unprecedented challenge of winning it the third time as the club’s next objective,
No need for alarm
“There is no reason to be concerned. I say that honestly. How many shots on target did Monaco have? Two. How many goals? Two. We’ll see at the end of the season whether things balance out,” he said after Friday’s 2-1 setback in which they were ahead at halftime but conceded twice after the break.
“What I want to get across is that you shouldn’t look only at the result,” Luis Enrique added.
Friday’s defeat to Monaco
“We pressed sensationally, much better than in many matches when we did not concede a goal. But luck was not on our side.
“Monaco know that if they play against us like this 10 times, we win eight, there’d be one draw and we’d lose once. This was that one defeat,” Luis Enrique insisted as PSG look ahead to hosting Slovan Bratislava on Wednesday in their first Champions League group game, chasing a third successive European title.
Two points from three matches is their worst start since the 2007-08 season, when PSG came close to relegation, finishing 16th.
In that campaign, Paul Le Guen’s side had to wait until their sixth league game to record a victory and ended up only three points above the relegation places.
This time round, the Parisians are already seven points off the pace.
YAya Toure’s Slavia Bratislava will be their next visitors at the Parc des Princes on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, as the UEFA champions Leage reigning champions seek improved fortunes in the european competition