Luis Enrique calls for PSG to show resolve in Bayern clash

Paris Saint-Germain head coach Luis Enrique has urged his side to be brave in Tuesday's Champions League match against Bayern Munich. He admits their faltering start leaves no room for error.

PSG sit in 25th place just below the play-off section of the Champions League standings, having won one, drawn one and lost two from their four matches so far. Bayern are 17th with two wins and two losses.

The difficult start to the season has made things more challenging for the Ligue 1 leaders, Luis Enrique said at his pre-match press conference on Monday.

“It is clear that after four games, including three at the Parc des Princes, with fair or unfair results, unfair for me, we need to have good results to qualify,” he said.

“We made it difficult for ourselves. Football is what it is. You have to score.

“We will give everything, we will be brave, we will take risks, as we usually do.”

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Bayern have won their last three matches against PSG in the Champions League, with the French side failing to score in each of those games.

Luis Enrique accepts that it will be a tough match and that his team must perform to the utmost.

“It's very clear that we are two teams that are similar. We want to have the ball, we press very high… we have similar statistics,” he said.

“We are among the best teams with goal chances, but there will only be one ball. And so one team will have to suffer. They, or us.

“Against Bayern we will probably have to go further. Run more, raise the level, especially against Bayern in our own country.”