Champions League | 'We are the best': Luis Enrique

PSG players during a training session ahead of their UEFA Champions League semi-final match against Bayern Munich in Paris on Monday. Pics/AFP

Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique insisted Monday that no team in Europe could claim to be better than his right now as the French giants prepare for their Champions League semi-final showdown against Bayern Munich.

"These are the two best teams in Europe, even if Arsenal have also had a great season," the Spanish coach told reporters on the eve of the semi-final first leg at the Parc des Princes. "In terms of consistency, maybe Bayern are a little bit above us. But we have shown that no team is better than us," he added.

Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane during a practice session in Munich on Monday

PSG are in the semi-finals for a third straight season since Luis Enrique became coach in 2023 and are hoping to claim back-to-back Champions League titles after winning the trophy for the first time last season. "It is a real pleasure and it is deserved. You need to be ambitious to get to this stage and I think we are. We still want to go that bit further," Luis Enrique said.

Luis Enrique

PSG and Bayern have already met three times since the start of last season: the Germans won 1-0 at home in the league phase in November 2024 and the Parisians triumphed 2-0 in a Club World Cup quarter-final last July in the United States, but Bayern won 2-1 in Paris in the league phase in November.

Bayern's Harry Kane has urged his team to work on their counter-attacking. "If we don't get our counter-pressing right, if we don't control their counters well, and if we give the ball away carelessly, Paris will be even deadlier," said Kane.

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PSG's win-loss record against Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League

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No of consecutive wins for Bayern Munich over PSG in the Champions League

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No of goals for Bayern and PSG in the Champions League this season; the joint-most

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