The star is Luis Enrique – inside the plans to keep PSG at the top

As Luis Enrique bids to guide PSG to a third successive Champions League triumph, Guillem Balague looks at how the coach keeps his side at the top. Johan Cruyff, a man Paris St-Germain boss Luis Enrique deeply admires, used to say the hardest thing in football is winning after winning. This season has been designed by Luis Enrique at PSG with that conundrum in mind. The back-to-back European champions could become only the second team to win three consecutive Champions Leagues this season. They are also aiming for a third successive league triumph. They arrive at Etihad Stadium on Wednesday sixth in Ligue 1, with just three wins, two draws and one defeat.

Nobody in Paris is panicking, though. Luis Enrique's side made a similarly slow start last season, but the coach was confident the results would come. "Do you want to bet against us?" he said recently. Luis Enrique recently signed a contract until 2030, and so have a number of players central to his plan. The big danger is that a group who have won everything will believe they can relax without anyone noticing. Much of what he has done so far is about preventing exactly that. Can PSG do a three-peat and win six trophies this season? Paris St-Germain won a third consecutive Ligue 1 game by