GOAL-SHY PSG IN EUROPE WORRIES ENRIQUE

Ahead of Atletico game, the coach admits reliable striker needed after Mbappe left

PARIS - Kylian Mbappé was always going to leave an enormous void when he left Paris Saint-Germain, and the French side are struggling in the Champions League without their former star.

While the striker is now at Real Madrid after scoring a club-record 256 goals in seven seasons in Paris, his old club entertain Atlético Madrid on Nov 6 in a crucial game in their European campaign.

PSG are misfiring in this new-look Champions League, with just four points from three games, despite starting with kind home fixtures against Girona and PSV Eindhoven either side of a trip to Arsenal.

Luis Enrique's team beat Girona 1-0 only thanks to a late own goal, despite 26 attempts in that game.

That was followed by a 2-0 loss at Arsenal in a performance which suggested a rejuvenated PSG side are now a long way from being contenders to win European club football's greatest prize for the first time.

Then came a 1-1 draw with PSV, another game in which they managed 26 attempts and paid a price for poor finishing.

PSG need only to finish in the top 24 places in this 36-team league in order to reach the play-off round, and it seems reasonable to suggest that two wins from their remaining five fixtures may be enough to ensure that.