PSG boss Luis Enrique is in denial about what happened on Wednesday night

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Newcastle United fans still haven’t come down after the 4-1 thrashing of Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday night.

Fans of Newcastle United continue to talk about the astonishing result on Wednesday night as they marked their first home game in the Champions League by beating Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain 4-1.

Try as you might, you can never take that away from the Toon Army, and PSG boss Luis Enrique sure seems to be trying.

Luis Enrique is having a hard time dealing with the Newcastle defeat

In an interview with French outlet, Le Parisien today, Luis Enrique seems to still be struggling with the reality of what happened midweek.

While he does admit that Newcastle deserved to win, he is adamant that the score flattered Eddie Howe‘s side saying: “We didn’t deserve that result. We have looked back on the errors and the situations we can improve. Wednesday’s result doesn’t at all reflect the scenario of the match. Obviously, we made errors that cost us goals, but the scoreline is harsh. In my career, I’ve lost a few times by a big margin, but when it happened, it was because the opponent was stronger. It wasn’t the case there.

“I am not here to say what people want to hear. I liked my team’s personality and attitude. Yes, Newcastle deserved to win, yes, there is margin for improvement, but the result doesn’t correspond with what we saw on the pitch.”

Newcastle’s players were always in the right positions

Granted, Newcastle had just 27% possession meaning PSG controlled the ball for a large part of the game, and if possession means points then yeah, it was an unfair result.

Unfortunately for Luis Enrique, it’s goals that win games and that’s where Newcastle had the edge all game. Not just the shots that went in, but Newcastle had more shots on target than the Paris side.

Whether Newcastle’s goals came via errors (Dan Burn‘s), luck (Miguel Almiron‘s), poor goalkeeping (Sean Longstaff‘s) or divine intervention (Fabian Schar‘s), the fact is Newcastle had players in the right places to capitalise, and that’s what made the difference.