Ferran Torres has gone eight matches without scoring for Paris Saint-Germain, including the club’s one-nil win over Troyes on Saturday evening. The drought follows a start in which he scored seven goals in his first six matches and won the Ligue 1 Player of the Month award for September.
The scoring drought
Torres has failed to score in his last eight matches for Paris Saint-Germain, a run stretching back to his goal against Marseille on 20 September.
His start against Troyes
Torres started Paris Saint-Germain’s one-nil win over Troyes, created three chances and sent another effort wide.
Players sidelined
Ousmane Dembélé and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia were sidelined.
Enrique on the strikers
Luis Enrique said at a press conference: “Everyone was worried about Mika Mayulu, and now about Ferran” He added: “Strikers are the ones who miss chances and score goals.” Luis Enrique also said: “For me, what matters is that the strikers keep getting big chances.”
Torres scored 13 goals in 36 matches with Manchester City during the 2020-2021 season, then scored seven goals in his first full campaign at Barcelona and 11 the following year. Sport reported that the drought had been attributed in France to a crisis of confidence.
