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Papin blasts PSG stars for Liverpool defeat: Not heroes, they are egos

French legend Jean-Pierre Papin blasted the attitude of PSG's millionaires after their defeat at Liverpool.

PSG lost 3-2, with Neymar and Kylian Mbappe drawing criticism for their lack of effort off the ball.

Papin rapped: "In modern football, everyone works, you cannot win if the attackers do not make a minimum effort to get back, and in defending, they would be closer to each other and it would be easier to launch counterattacks.

"In PSG, they are not heroes, they are egos.

"At some point, you must serve the team. There is a difference between the stars we see on the outside and ours. We have the impression that in France they are not manageable.

"When Neymar played in Barcelona, he defended from time to time ...

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