Luis Enrique has never been a manager who hides behind a euphemism, and he did not reach for one on Tuesday. Asked about a PSG disastrous start to the 2026/27 campaign, the Paris Saint-Germain head coach agreed with the framing before setting about dismantling it — a press conference that captured exactly where his double European champions currently sit.
"A disastrous start" — in Enrique’s own words
Speaking on the eve of PSG’s Champions League opener, Enrique told reporters: "If we’re just talking about results, it’s been a disastrous start to the season." He did not stop there. "But as a manager, you try to focus on the positives of what’s happening on the pitch. There are things to improve, but we deserve more points," he added, in quotes carried by Get French Football News.
It is a familiar Enrique construction: concede the scoreboard, contest the performance. And it arrives in his fourth season at the Parc des Princes, a tenure that has already delivered back-to-back Champions League titles and, in August, the second UEFA Super Cup in the club’s history, taken 2-1 from Aston Villa.
The numbers behind the verdict
The results ledger is thin. That Super Cup night in August remains Paris’s only win of the season so far, and Les Parisiens are still waiting on a second. Before it came a 1-0 Trophée des Champions defeat to RC Lens. Since, three Ligue 1 matches have produced two draws and a loss — 2-2 away at Rennes, 2-2 at Lille and Friday’s 2-1 defeat at home to Monaco.
The most uncomfortable detail is the identity of the team above them. Monaco sit top of Ligue 1 and are already seven points clear of the capital club, having beaten them in Paris on the way. GFFN also note that PSG’s defensive frailties are the specific issue raising questions, which tracks with a side that has conceded exactly twice in each of its three league games and put its own goalkeeping department under the microscope in the process.
Why Enrique is not panicking
Because he has been here before, and it worked. This PSG side is deliberately built to peak in May rather than September, and the last two seasons have handed Enrique the receipts — the Champions League won in 2024/25 and retained in 2025/26, which makes Paris back-to-back holders. Our guide to how many Champions Leagues PSG have won puts the scale of that into context.
"We deserve more points" is also, on the evidence, defensible. Two 2-2 draws and a one-goal home defeat is not a team being outclassed; it is a team not converting control into results. The margins are the problem, not the model — and the man who signed a deal taking him through to 2030 is unlikely to tear up a method that has won everything.
Bratislava, and the chance to change the subject
The reset opportunity is immediate. PSG begin their Champions League title defence on Wednesday, and per Get French Football News the opponents are Slovan Bratislava, now coached by Yaya Touré. On paper it is the softest possible landing for a team that needs a scoreline to point at rather than a performance to explain. In practice, a European night at the Parc is also where this squad has historically found its best version of itself.
Enrique’s closing note was less about damage control than about scope: PSG, he insisted, will again be in the running for every trophy this season. That claim is not yet contradicted by anything on the pitch — the league phase format is forgiving of a slow start, and the Ligue 1 season is only three games old.
What to watch next
Two things. First, whether a defence leaking two goals a game tightens up against weaker opposition, or whether the frailties travel. Second, the mood music: a coach who publicly accepts the word "disastrous" is a coach applying pressure to his players without raising his voice. If Wednesday brings a clean, convincing win, this press conference becomes a footnote. If it does not, Enrique will have supplied the headline for the next one himself.
