PSG destroy Manchester City in Champions League
Paris Saint-Germain came back from 2-0 down and the brink of elimination from the Champions League on Wednesday night to humiliate Manchester City 4-2 at a rain-swept Parc des Princes.
Four goals in 10 second-half minutes took the mood of the PSG faithful from gloomy to giddy as City, despite being under the cosh for the first-half, bundled their way to a 2-0 lead with goals from Jack Grealish and Erling Haaland in the 50th and 53rd minute respectively.
It was harsh on the hosts who had Achraf Hakimi's first-half stoppage time goal ruled out for an offside in the build-up.
On the hour mark, it was all square. First, Bradley Barcola surged down the left and cut the ball back for substitute Ousmane Dembélé to sweep home past the Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson after 56 minutes.
Finish
City were the architects of their own demise for the equaliser. Mateo Kovacic was muscled off the ball in midfield, Fabian Ruiz pushed it on to Désiré Doué on the left hand side of the City penalty area and the 19-year-old curled a shot towards the top right hand corner over Ederson. But the ball cannoned off the crossbar and Barcola stabbed home as Ederson lay stricken on the deck.
City's famed control freakery under boss Pep Guardiola that has taken them to six English Premier League titles in seven years and the Champions League crown in 2023 could not stem the tide.
To the elation of a crowd that included the San Antonio Spurs and Indiana Pacers basketball teams who are in town for the NBA Paris Games, PSG moved ahead in the 78th minute. Vitinha whipped over a free-kick from the right and Joao Neves stooped to head in past Ederson.
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