Kylian Mbappe received a brutally low rating from L'Equipe after PSG's 3-2 defeat by Barcelona on Wednesday night.
The two European giants faced off in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final at the Parc des Princes, and it was Barcelona who came out on top thanks to a brace from former Leeds star Raphinha, before ex-Chelsea defender Andreas Christensen netted the winner.
PSG rallied at the start of the second half with two goals in as many minutes from Ousmane Dembele and Vitinha, but Barcelona finished strongly to leave the French side with an uphill take heading into next week's return leg in Spain.
Mbappe was involved in the build-up to Dembele's goal, but did not escape the wrath of L'Equipe as they gave him just a 3/10 and hit out at him for failing to deliver a match-winning performance by claiming the PSG striker was 'eagerly awaited but missed his appointment'.
They added that Mbappe was 'not very dangerous' during the match, and criticised the 25-year-old for often taking the easy option and passing rather than attempting to dribble past Barcelona defenders Jules Kounde and Ronald Araujo.
It was an off-night for Mbappe, but he was not the only one to be slammed by L'Equipe.
Marco Asensio started the game in the 'false nine' role but struggled to make an impact and was replaced at half-time, leading to L'Equipe giving him a 3/10 as well.
The same mark was awarded to goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma after he endured a night to forget.
Donnarumma failed to cut out Lamine Yamal's cross for Raphinha's opener, and then stayed on his line to allow Christensen to head home from inside the six-yard box in the second half.
But the worst score of the night went to PSG centre back Lucas Beraldo who had a torrid game up against Robert Lewandowski.
Beraldo was unable to contain the Polish forward and was booked for his troubles as he was rated just 2/10 by L'Equipe.
PSG boss Luis Enrique earned some praise for acting swiftly at half-time to bring on the lively Bradley Barcola for Asensio, but was also criticised for getting his starting XI wrong in the first place, and was given a 5/10.
The average rating for PSG's players and manager was 4.4, some way below the 5.8 given to Barcelona.
Raphinha earned the highest mark - 8/10 - following his goals in both halves, while Lewandowski was just behind on 7.
Barcelona manager Xavi also received a 7 for his decisive substitutions after Pedri and Christensen starred off the bench.
Pedri produced a delightful through ball for Raphinha to make it 2-2, and Christensen then scored within seconds of being introduced to the action.
There were also some below-par displays from the visitors, though, with Sergi Roberto being scored a 4/10, while former Manchester City defender Joao Cancelo, Frenkie de Jong and Yamal - who set up Raphinha's goal but then faded out of the game - were each given a 5/10 rating.
Vawbcklopz
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Mbappe is no longer a PSG player. So don't expect anything good from him. He's officially a Madrid player in the secret. Madrid asked him to play safe to avoid any injury.
papabrains
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Is he the only to be blamed...?
yahbdlnrsy
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the boy can't rate well with cuburs on the pitch
Lovebug2
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I would give him 1/10
NgeaWilson
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courtesy of #paucubarsi
Spheg
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he's not a machine, he's a human.
Strangerthings
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it's rubbish to you,but makes setto me
How can the best player in the world make a team worse ?
lbt
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Because his attention is turned away already!
controversial
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Sometimes I wonder what goes through some of your head. Cuz it’s like you don’t know who Mbappe is. One game and I’m hearing rubbish like this.
it's rubbish to you,but makes setto me
nedabdrsz
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Are you making excuses for him? He has been performing in the ucl since. And the league aswell. He just had a bad game nothing more, another day he’d do better
where are you when the coach was trying another system that frustrated his motivation to deliver in France league. The law of motivation says as you soul, that, you shall ripe.You can't demotivate him and expect good results overnight. The law of inputs anylsis will give you equal output. In Real Madrid mbappe will be support with all the resources to succeed and win. Wait you'll see.
abiodunwasiu300
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Always remember PSG is the second team to come back and go back again after Manchester United 🤣😂
Strangerthings
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Mbape is scared of getting injuries bcs he is a Madrid player.If he get serious injury psg will not activate his contractor nor madrid signing any more. He is really out of Psg now
Lol even if he is on crutches for 6 months Real Madrid would still sign him because they know when those crutches come off they’d have the best player in the world.
Strangerthings
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mbappe will make Madrid weak,he doesn't contribute In defense
Sometimes I wonder what goes through some of your head. Cuz it’s like you don’t know who Mbappe is. One game and I’m hearing rubbish like this.
Strangerthings
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Punishing him in league and expecting him to perform in Champions League, it is not fair....... The law of karma still exists
Are you making excuses for him? He has been performing in the ucl since. And the league aswell. He just had a bad game nothing more, another day he’d do better
Strangerthings
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They should expect a wounded lion in the second leg…Kylian would b on fire 🤝✊
Ofcourse but don’t sleep up us just cuz we have a small advantage, we’re going for the kill regardless
Vepailoz
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They should expect a wounded lion in the second leg…Kylian would b on fire 🤝✊
DetermineDan
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Punishing him in league and expecting him to perform in Champions League, it is not fair....... The law of karma still exists
badmusk
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Mbape is scared of getting injuries bcs he is a Madrid player.If he get serious injury psg will not activate his contractor nor madrid signing any more. He is really out of Psg now
which Mbappe is scared of injuries, if na Pique, Lenglet, Jordi Alber and Dest he won't be afraid. He a great wall from Barcelona defenders u r given excuses on Mbappe behalf. kudos to Barca great defense they got it wrong for 5 minutes in second half and they conceded 2 goals, then later after the equalizer by Raphinha. Barca defense got it right back. Mbappe can only play when there is space for him to run or shoot but everywhere tight for him because of Xavi tactics. that's all bro
GopsAmeshu
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Who are they to give scores??? funny media
controversial
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mbappe will make Madrid weak,he doesn't contribute In defense
juycinpruy
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Mbappe should just come to Real Madrid already let's build a super team
English ntooo
Fikbikmnsz
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it's as simple as Xavi won the game by introducing a change in the middle where PSG was lacking and how can PSG take out lee who was one of their best assuming the game was done
Fikbikmnsz
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mbappe is a smart player why take unnecessary risks when its not a final,barce defenders were mainly focused on him which would of been an advantage to psg's other players if they could pull their weight and not depend on mbappe,they started feeding mbappe when they realised there's only 20mins to go
Yorokiri
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His spirit is already training at Madrid..
Vooackmnuz
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Mbape is scared of getting injuries bcs he is a Madrid player.If he get serious injury psg will not activate his contractor nor madrid signing any more. He is really out of Psg now
WESTAFRICAN22
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WE DON'T HAVE MBAPPE AND ARLAND BUT WE HAVE LEWANGOLSKI IF HE DIDN'T SCORE KNOWS THAT HE WILL CREATE
dakatoo
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Today it's 11 April,, let's celebrate with Jersey number player 👀
ttttttttttuser
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Mbappe should just come to Real Madrid already let's build a super team
Edoo87
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he was microscopic