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#2 Brugge humbled as their unbeaten run ended emphatically
Considering they were 1-0 down at half-time, you can understand how a 5-0 full-time scoreline appears damning from Club Brugge's perspective.
This was their first defeat since mid-May, a 2-0 defeat by Standard Liége. Since then, they’ve gone on an 18-match unbeaten run. However, this heavy defeat was more a necessary learning curve for Philippe Clement's men, who enjoyed encouraging spells of pressure and half-chances but were unable to sustain that for long enough against a PSG side energised by Mbappe's arrival.
They simply could not handle him. At the highest level, world-class players like Mbappe often prove to be matchwinners during tricky games and you don’t need to analyse the five goals they conceded to spot a worrying trend. They were beaten too easily by pace, quality passing and a quick-thinking nature that was punished to devastating effect.
The replays of Clinton Mata dithering in possession moments before PSG's third goal speaks volumes for the issues at hand, just as their backline was split open by di Maria and Mbappe with worrying ease.
