‘100% my decision. We have to get used to playing without him’ – irate Luis Enrique explains decision to substitute Kylian Mbappé
“It’s a sauna room [in here],” said Luis Enrique as he entered into the post-match match press conference. Things would get even more heated as the Paris Saint-Germain manager got increasingly frustrated by questions about his decision to withdraw Kylian Mbappé (25) at half-time.
Mbappé suffered a blow in the 27th minute after light contact with Guillermo Maripán. The Frenchman continued until half-time but he did not return from the dressing rooms after the break. Instead, it was Randal Kolo Muani who took to the pitch. Mbappé would later emerge from the tunnel at the Stade Louis II in Friday night’s 0-0 draw against formative club AS Monaco, but only to lap up the applause of the travelling PSG fans, take a selfie with a fan and then sit next to his mother, Fayza Lamari, in the stands.
Brought off at half-time, Mbappé lapped up the applause of the PSG fans, took a selfie with a fan & then sat with his mum in the stands.
How will that go down with Luis Enrique, who last week said that PSG would have “to learn to play without Mbappé.”
