'The best match I have coached’: Luis Enrique thrilled by PSG’s 5-4 win over Bayern Munich

Tuesday evening's game featured a record nine goals for a Champions League semi-final
Paris Saint-Germain's head coach Luis Enrique: “It had amazing rhythm, trying to play offensive football, trying to show their quality. I think everybody had fun watching the match." Pic: FRANCK FIFE / AFP via Getty Images)

Paris Saint-Germain's head coach Luis Enrique: “It had amazing rhythm, trying to play offensive football, trying to show their quality. I think everybody had fun watching the match." Pic: FRANCK FIFE / AFP via Getty Images)

Luis Enrique called it “the best match I have ever coached”. Vincent Kompany called it “unbelievable”. Marquinhos said it was “crazy”. Harry Kane took a different tack, choosing instead to praise the defending on show after Paris Saint-Germain’s 5-4 defeat of Bayern Munich, the most goal-laden Champions League semi-final first leg ever staged, and perhaps also the most relentlessly exciting.

“It was amazing,” Luis Enrique said. “It had amazing rhythm, trying to play offensive football, trying to show their quality. I think everybody had fun watching the match. I’m happy because we won.” 

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