Kylian Mbappe believes the best is still to come from Paris Saint-Germain after his stunning hat-trick helped the French club to a memorable 4-1 win over Barcelona in their Champions League last 16, first leg at the Camp Nou.
"We are very pleased. It was a very important match for us. We wanted to come here and win and we have done it in style," Mbappe said after PSG came from behind to close in on a place in the quarter-finals.
The win was secured despite PSG being without the injured Neymar and Angel Di Maria, and despite Barcelona taking a first-half lead through a Lionel Messi penalty. Moise Kean scored PSG's other goal.
Asked about the role of recently-appointed coach Mauricio Pochettino in PSG's victory, Mbappe insisted the Argentine had built on the foundations that were already in place under his predecessor.
"The coach has done a marvellous job since he arrived but he has also carried on the work done by Thomas Tuchel who had done an extraordinary job taking us to the final," said the 22-year-old.
"Things have been a bit disrupted for him because he had Covid, not to make excuses, but we are improving. We are not yet at our peak. Today was great but we will keep trying to make progress so that we can repeat this type of performance."
