Paris (AFP)

Opposite destinies for the Blues in the Champions League Tuesday evening: if Ousmane Dembélé was a scorer and passer with FC Barcelona against Ferencvaros (5-1), Kylian Mbappé missed his match with PSG, beaten 2-1 by Manchester United.

- Sky blue -

Replacing with Barcelona, ​​Ousmane Dembélé only came into play in the 62nd minute in place of the Portuguese nugget Trincao.

But this half hour was enough for the French international winger, victim of long absences for leg injuries last season, to respond to the criticisms born after his average performance at Getafe in La Liga on Saturday (1-0 defeat).

Dembélé offered an assist to Pedri (82nd), and even scored the last goal of the beautiful Catalan evening (89th) on a service from Lionel Messi.

A goal and an assist to silence the critics ... while Antoine Griezmann, another pain-reliever of the Catalan press, was a substitute and did not come into play.

Still solid, Clément Lenglet delivered an excellent performance during Barça's easy victory against Ferencvaros on Tuesday night (4-1).

And his evening ended with good news: the announcement of the extension of his contract at Barça until 2026.

- Work overalls -

Anthony Martial contributed to Manchester United's success at the Parc des Princes by posing a constant threat to the Parisian defense, alongside Marcus Rashford.

It is Martial who causes the penalty for Bruno Fernandes, forcing Abdou Diallo to intervene on him irregularly (22nd).

He also tried his luck (19th, 38th, 77th) without ever framing.

He could have been the unfortunate hero of his team when he scored against his camp with the head, on a corner from Neymar (54th), but Rashford, by offering the victory to the Red Devils, saved him from the headache.

Paul Pogba, a surprise substitute at kickoff, entered the 64th to contribute to the good finish of his team.

Active, available, carried forward, the native of Seine-et-Marne ignited the flame of "comeback".

He offers the decisive pass on Rashford's decisive goal.

Thirty busy minutes.

Facing Sevilla (0-0), Chelsea central defender Kurt Zouma showed good understanding with Thiago Silva, alongside whom he was aligned for the second time this season.

He did, however, make a restart error which put Lucas Ocampos in a good position to score, just before the break.

He showed more confidence in the second half, including a delicate intervention in front of Luuk De Jong.

Often very comfortable in the face of this type of adversity, midfielder N'Golo Kanté struggled to emerge in a midfield controlled by the Andalusians.

Despite high-level performances, he struggles to regain the level he was between 2015 and 2018.

Holder with Juventus, Adrien Rabiot played a large part in Turin's success in Kiev (2-0) by playing the entire game and especially by sending a penultimate pass during the goal of the Piedmontese break (84th).

As for Dayot Upamecano, he played in the center of Leipzig's three-way defense against Istanbul Basaksehir (2-0).

The neo-blue made a clean copy in defense, where his power in duels and his sense of placement work wonders.

One or two balls lost in the raise, and a yellow card for an unnecessary foul lower the score a bit.

Seeing that he was very close to a second warning on the hour mark, Julian Nagelsmann cautiously replaced him in the 65th minute with another great French hope in central defense, Ibrahima Konaté.

- Midnight blue -

Kylian Mbappé, like his team, lacked imagination against the Mancunian block.

Scorer with the Blues in Croatia on Wednesday, then in Nîmes on Friday in Ligue 1, "Kyky" may have lacked freshness to achieve the pass of three.

Like a symbol, his long attempt at the end of the first period was deflected by Neymar (45th + 1).

Because he combined less with "Ney", Mbappé tried to make a difference on his own.

His best action (48th), a shot from a difficult angle after having erased two defenders, caused a good save from De Gea.

Presnel Kimpembé, promoted captain in the absence of Marquinhos, paid for the poor defensive performance of his team, too often outnumbered.

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