With 8 goals and 3 assists, Ousmane Dembélé equals the Kylian Mbappé record in the Champions League with PSG.
Since the start of the 2024-2025 season, Ousmane Dembélé rayon. The winger of Paris Saint-Germain multiplies high level performance. In Champions Leagueit displays exceptional statistics. Eight goals, three assists. No other Parisian player, except Kylian Mbappé, had reached such a total on a single campaign.
He equaled the record set by Mbappé during the 2020-2021 season: 11 direct contributions to the score. At the time, the current captain of the Blues had scored 8 goals and offered 3 assists in 10 European games.
A decisive service against Arsenal
Tuesday evening, PSG faced Arsenal In the quarter -final first leg of the Champions League. Final score: 1-0 for Paris. The scorer is Ousmane Dembélé with a strike in the 4th minute. His eighth European goal this season. A decisive gesture. Proof of its registered efficiency.
Dembélé also shone without a ball. Constant defensive withdrawal, sharp calls, corridors cover. Her play volume impressed.
A transformation since his arrival in Paris
Transferred from FC Barcelona in the summer of 2023, Dembélé experienced an adaptation period. Today he is One of Luis Enrique’s strong men. The Spanish technician was able to channel his potential. He entrusted her with an axial, freer, but structured role.
The former Stade Rennais player had never reached such a level of regularity. Its speed and ability to eliminate in one counter one remains intact. But he added to his game a lucidity in the last gesturea vision collectivea more mature management of its efforts.
In the event of a new goal next Wednesday, in the return match, Ousmane Dembélé will become the sole record holder. The player with The most direct implications in goals in the Champions League in a single season Under the colors of PSG.
A football enthusiast whose only fear is to see 3 central defenders in the 11!
