Thomas Tuchel expects to have Paris Saint-Germain pair Marco Verratti and Angel Di Maria available for Wednesday's Champions League tie with Napoli, despite both coming off in the 5-0 win over Amiens.
PSG's winning streak to start the 2018-19 Ligue 1 campaign was stretched to 10 games with another comfortable victory on Saturday, with Marquinhos and Adrien Rabiot heading in from first-half corners before Julian Draxler, Kylian Mbappe and substitute Moussa Diaby all scored in the final 10 minutes.
"[Verratti] felt a muscle discomfort," Tuchel explained at his news conference.
"Like Angel Di Maria. But I think they can play against Napoli. Same for Thiago Silva, who also felt muscle discomfort at the end of training [on Friday]. It was too risky to play this afternoon."
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PSG had scored at least three goals in their previous nine victories and they kept that sequence going with a late flurry, though Tuchel admitted the final scoreline was a little flattering.
"It was not a great performance on our part, but we were serious and provided a great collective effort," Tuchel added.
"We deserved to win, even if the score seems a little too high."
One man who did not got on the scoresheet was striker Edinson Cavani.
PSG's all-time top scorer sliced a glaring opportunity wide in the first period and Tuchel admitted he had kept the striker on the pitch so he could try and get among the goals.
"It's normal that a real number nine like him is sad when he has not scored," Tuchel said.
"Maybe it was better to take him out after an hour of play but I left him on the field because I was hoping he would score a goal. That was not the case but he can score against Napoli."
