“It’s a distraction, that’s clear,” said Tuchel. “I always want to protect my players, and if there are difficult things to talk about I prefer to say them internally. After Neymar cooled down at the break, he set up Mbappe to round Carvalho and score his 14th league goal of the season. Elsewhere on Saturday, Monaco’s problems continued as they had two men sent off in the first half and lost 3-1 at Nimes. Victor Osimhen’s late penalty gave Lille a 2-1 victory at Strasbourg to leave them fourth.

Source: Punch February 01, 2020 20:37 UTC