France, Sept. 18 -- Paris Saint-Germain began the defence of their Champions League title on Wednesday night with a 4-0 annihilation of Atalanta at the Parc des Princes.

Shorn of star strikers Ousmane Dembele and Desire Doue, PSG boss Luis Enrique said he would not use their absence as an excuse for a poor performance.

He sent out 19-year-old Senny Mayulu at the centre of the attack with Bradley Barcola andKhvicha Kvaratskhelia on the left and right flank respectively.

With the troika of Joao Neves, Vitinha and Fabian Ruiz behind them,PSG exploded into action.

And within three minutes they were ahead.

As Atalanta tried to play the ball out from defence, PSG skipper Marquinhos harried Atalanta striker Daniel Maldini into losing contro...