In his Champions League press conference, Blanc said that he would answer just one question on the issue, but laughed when more subtle attempts were made subsequently to raise the issue. The PSG manager said he reacted “very badly” when told what Aurier had said. “We can think whatever we like – this is a democracy and we are free to think about things, have our opinions – but this boy ... two years ago, I committed myself to bring him to Paris [from Toulouse], and seeing what I saw yesterday, that's all the thanks I got. That's pitiful. Pathetic. 
• Thiago Siva: On PSG, Chelsea and his ambitions “I won't say more, because I'm here to talk about the Chelsea game. A very important match. But he has penalised himself. He should have been preparing today for a last 16 round game in the Champions League. That would have been better than staying at home not knowing what to do. “It's bad for him, but it's bad for the club. He's penalised the club. The player is a big boy. He can do what he wants and handle the consequences, but he has penalised the club: through the image he's created, and what he said. I know this new generation of players and many of them spend their time feeling sorry for themselves. But you can't do that.” Aurier has already filmed an apology for the club’s in-house television station, admitting a “big mistake”. It is possible that he did not know he was being broadcast by a friend on the video-streaming app. He has been in trouble on social media before for insulting Uefa referee Bjorn Kuipers.
- Telegraph