Paris Saint-Germain boss Luis Enrique has named ‘one of the best team in Europe’ after his side were beaten within the Champions League on Tuesday.
French club PSG are the defending champions within the elite European club competition having defeated Italian side Inter Milan within the 2024-25 final.
On this season’s league phase, only two teams have won all 4 of their opening matches – Bayern Munich of Germany and Arsenal of England.
Bayern have scored 14 goals across their 4 games – three greater than Arsenal – however the Gunners are yet to concede a Champions League goal.
Opta’s Champions League Supercomputer currently ranks Arsenal as the most important favourites to win the 2025-26 trophy with a 23.92 per cent probability.
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Bayern are viewed because the second biggest favourites, with Vincent Kompany’s team given a 13.51 per cent probability of coming out on top.
But PSG boss Enrique is convinced Bayern are one of the best team in Europe at this moment in time.
‘At 11 against 11, Bayern were stronger [than us], surely,’ Enrique said after PSG lost 2-1 to the Bundesliga champions on Tuesday.
‘You play against one of the best team in Europe, with one of the best results, they usually pressed us at a high level.’
Interestingly, Bayern and Arsenal lock horns of their next Champions League match on the Emirates on November 26.
Based on Sky Bet, Arsenal are the important favourites for Champions League glory this term with odds of 4/1.
Bayern are a 9/2 shot, ahead of PSG at 11/2, while Barcelona and Liverpool are each 13/2.
Arsenal have never won the Champions League title of their entire history but did reach the semi-finals last season – losing to PSG over two legs.
After Arsenal’s exit within the last 4, Mikel Arteta claimed that PSG staff admitted his Gunners side were ‘significantly better than them’.
‘The feedback that I got straightaway from their bench is that we were significantly better than them,’ Arteta said following Arsenal’s loss to PSG.
‘Once you have a look at the 2 games, their best player on the pitch has been their goalkeeper.
‘He has made the difference for them within the tie and I believe we were very close, much closer than our results showed. But unfortunately we’re out.
‘I’m very pleased with the players, what we done today, the best way we began, how we handled the pressure, the quantity of pressure. After 20 minutes it must have been 3-0. But they did something extra.’
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