Former Paris Saint-Germain boss Mauricio Pochettino has suggested his side’s Champions League collapse against Real Madrid last season was down to the players.
PSG were eliminated from the Champions League at the Round of 16 stage by eventual winners Real Madrid despite appearing to be in control of the tie. Goals in each leg from Kylian Mbappe had given Les Parisiens a two-goal aggregate lead before a 17-minute Karim Benzema hat-trick turned the game on its head.
Despite the French giants wrapping up the Ligue 1 crown in April, the former Tottenham Hotspur boss was booed by large sections of the home crowd with a perception that he was responsible for several below-par performances across the season. Christophe Galtier was appointed as his successor at the Parc des Princes this summer.
