PARIS, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Kylian Mbappe said he was confident Paris St Germain could advance into the quarter-finals of the Champions League despite losing 1-0 to Bayern Munich in the first leg of their last-16 clash on Tuesday.
The France forward came on as a substitute in the 57th minute and ignited the game, having two goals disallowed for offside as his entrance changed the storyline of the match.
"We have to remember the final part of the game; we're behind but we saw that we were able to cause them trouble. We need all our players to be healthy and go there to win and qualify," said Mbappe, who was back after a two-week injury layoff.
Mbappe's return to fitness is PSG's best hope looking ahead to the March 8 second leg at the Allianz Arena.
"I was not supposed to play but I wanted to help my mates, bring some energy. We tried everything. Today I couldn't do more," he said.
Mbappe believes that if PSG are at full strength they can turn things around in Munich.
"It's important that all our players are healthy, that everyone eats well, sleeps well," he said.
"We saw that when we are all together we are able to play forward, to play attacking football and that they were not comfortable."
Coach Christophe Galtier will also hope that Achraf Hakimi will be back on the right flank of the defence after he was replaced because of injury at halftime.
"I was counting on him but it quickly became evident that he could not play the whole game," said Galtier.
"We took a risk with him but he quickly suffered from muscle pains."
Galtier has hopes that the story will be different in three weeks in Munich.
"It's another game. Tonight, nobody is out, nobody is through. I have a lot of hope. I hope we will have a lot of fresh players and that we will be able to play the way we played the last 20-25 minutes."
Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Clare Fallon
denismalja123
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good to hear that 😊
👍
Rouble
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second leg he is in match
good to hear that 😊
Tuuceikrz
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That will be Allianz Arena 😎
Sla1091
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he smoke them last ucl. bayern is lucky he's injury in the worst time. once he fully fit he will smoke bayern againt.
It was that time they were lucky man👨 ! We played without out our some important players last UCL….. they got onto us in away goal rules….. We also beated them 1 Nill with his presence 2020 He can not do anything at allianz arena! Time will show that, even this time we haven’t have some our very important players like Nuer Hernandez Mane….. we still beated them in their homeland!😂
Eljon2023
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Wait...Are you Albanian?
Yes shqipe
denismalja123
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You are a badalona fan of course you do
Wait...Are you Albanian?
denismalja123
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when will Mane be back???
second leg he is in match
FRozenPoPcoRn72
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if I'm being honest in my analysis, this psg team is at the level of Liverpool and Chelsea this season if we completely take mbappe away from the team. His impact is unreal, man came on for just 30 mins and did what neymar, Messi and Carlos soler struggled to do the entire game. Scored two goals granted both were disallowed. He was really unlucky to get his 2nd goal disallowed bcoz nuno was just marginally offside. If Bayern play the return leg how they played in this game for the first 70 mins it'll be another r16 humiliation for Paris
Dude PSG's tactic was counter attack... Messi is really not good at that, so don't expect him to win the whole match, while the coach is using a tactic which is not suitable for him
FRozenPoPcoRn72
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You people are delusional that is why not going to win ucl anytime soon, be real dude your beloved team can’t go through
Can't go through because their fans are still beliving them?
Eljon2023
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I also believe that
You are a badalona fan of course you do
Eljon2023
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that's true. these Bayern things is nothing to PSG
You people are delusional that is why not going to win ucl anytime soon, be real dude your beloved team can’t go through
Oliveroliver
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that's true. these Bayern things is nothing to PSG
Rahi09
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when will Mane be back???
Very soon
Rahi09
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Yeah Welcome to Alinaz Arena.
Rouble
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when will Mane be back???
Fisablrs
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I also believe that
Riebceotz
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I believe that PSG out ; Don't dream mbape
SaadAkhtarKhan
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if I'm being honest in my analysis, this psg team is at the level of Liverpool and Chelsea this season if we completely take mbappe away from the team. His impact is unreal, man came on for just 30 mins and did what neymar, Messi and Carlos soler struggled to do the entire game. Scored two goals granted both were disallowed. He was really unlucky to get his 2nd goal disallowed bcoz nuno was just marginally offside. If Bayern play the return leg how they played in this game for the first 70 mins it'll be another r16 humiliation for Paris
buwabelmps
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bayern players will also be fit to play
DrFranckeinstein
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Possible only in the Playstation [Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh]