Paris Saint-Germain's Ousmane Dembele starts 2025 in strong form as big Champions League games loom

Ousmane Dembélé has started the year 2025 like this, PSG Jerseys for Sale as he also wants to continue: with three goals in two games for Paris Saint-Germain's first trophy of the new year and a seven-point lead at the top of the Ligue 1 standings ahead of Olympique de Marseille. The French international scored the only goal of the game as Luis Enrique's side beat AS Monaco 1-0 to win the Trophee des Champions in Qatar, before he scored both goals in PSG's 2-1 home victory over AS Saint-Etienne on Sunday.

Dembélé and Les Parisiens only clinched the victory late against Les Monegasques in Doha, but struck early against Les Verts and ensured that Eirik Horneland's determined visitors could take nothing from the Parc des Princes. The finish by the former Barcelona player against Monaco was fairly straightforward – although you can never be sure with the French in front of goal – but his first goal against Saint-Etienne was an excellent left-footed strike from outside the right that then converted a penalty.

“Yes, it was an important win to maintain our gap at the top of Ligue 1,” Dembélé said after the match. “We didn’t make it easy for ourselves at the end. They pressed and played their game, which wasn’t focused on defence. We had quite a lot of space and I think we could have scored two or three more goals. We are satisfied with the three points. No, this isn’t a new version of me – I’ve always been like this. Now that things are taking shape, it’s good and we will try to keep going.”

There is no doubt that Dembélé is PSG’s Man of the Year 2025 after just two games, and that is encouraging news for head coach Luis Enrique, who knows his team has some demanding tasks to cope with in the coming weeks – especially the home match against Manchester City in the UEFA Champions League. The 27-year-old reached peak form in Europe in the late stages of last season – notably in the home-and-away ties against Barca – and the Spanish tactician hopes for more of that against City and VfB Stuttgart to progress through the league phase.

“It is important for us and ideal, Cheap jerseys when a player like Dembélé scores two goals,” Luis Enrique said after the match, after his side allowed Zuriko Davitashvili a brilliant free-kick that made Paris’ victory in the capital harder in the second half. “I think, however, of all the players in the team, because we are a team. The most important thing is that we all stick together, and that is important to me.”

A so focused Dembélé is a huge boost when you consider the difficulties in the first half of the season with players like the former Stade Rennais player who contributed to their slow start in the UCL when he did not feature in the away defeat at Arsenal because he arrived late for training before the match. If you carry his form in the last five games forward, he has six goals from these games and braces against Monaco and Saint-Etienne as well as one goal each against ASM and Olympique Lyonnais.

As Dembélé shows his appetite for big games and Luis Enrique carefully divides the playing time of some of his star players ahead of five more matches this month and a possibly packed February, which could also include Champions League knockout football, PSG has the momentum on its side. Whether that will be enough against City and Stuttgart will not depend solely on Dembélé, but he is capable of changing games and making the difference for Paris, and he has shown recently that he is ready to do so when his team needs him most.