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'We are far from the great Kylian Mbappe' - Christophe Dugarry sensationally claims PSG stars 'compensated' for 'average' French forward in Champions League win over Barcelona despite his two-goal showing

Kylian Mbappe has been criticised for his display against Barcelona by ex-France star Christophe Dugarry despite scoring twice in PSG's comeback win.

  • PSG come from behind to knock out Barcelona
  • Mbappe scores twice in 4-1 second-leg win
  • Star forward criticised by Dugarry

WHAT HAPPENED?

PSG booked their place in the semi-finals of the Champions League on Wednesday with a 4-1 win over Barcelona to complete a 6-4 aggregate victory. Goals from Ousmane Dembele and Vitinha had put PSG back on level terms in the tie after Ronald Araujo had been sent off for Barcelona, before two strikes from Mbappe dumped Barca out of the competition.

THE BIGGER PICTURE

Kylian Mbappe Barcelona PSG Champions League

Barca managed to largely nullify Mbappe in the first leg and kept him quiet again at Montjuic until he fired PSG into the lead in the tie from the penalty spot. Another goal late on put the icing on the cake for the visitors, but Mbappe's display was not enough to impress Dugarry, who had accused Mbappe of betraying PSG with his first-leg showing.

WHAT DUGARRY SAID

The French World Cup winner told RMC Sport: "I say that he played his match. He was in his match. I felt him concerned, applied. I felt him invested. Afterwards, we are far from the great Kylian Mbappe. We are far from these great performances. But this is not most serious in these type of matches, because his team-mates were able to be up to the task, some more than up to the task of compensating for an average Mbappe currently. I don't see him making any difference when dribbling with the ball, he hasn't made any difference for several weeks."

DID YOU KNOW?

PSG are the team that has eliminated Barcelona the most in the UEFA Champions League (three times – in the quarter-finals in 1994-95, in the round of 16 in 2020-21 and this season).

WHAT NEXT FOR MBAPPE AND PSG

Kylian Mbappe Vitinha Barcelona PSG Champions League

Mbappe spoke of his pride at being a PSG player after the game but is still expected to move on and join Real Madrid in the summer. PSG's win over Barcelona means Luis Enrique's side progress to play Borussia Dortmund for a place in this season's Champions League final.

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