League 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain produced a stunning second-half comeback as they recovered from two goals down to beat Manchester City 4-2 in a Champions League thriller on Wednesday, a result which leaves Pep Guardiola’s side still at risk of an early exit.
Both teams came into their penultimate game in the league phase in Paris in trouble, with 24th-placed City occupying the last qualifying spot in the 36-team standings on eight points, and PSG one point behind them in 26th.
All the goals came in the second half on a wet night at the Parc des Princes, with Jack Grealish and Erling Haaland scoring to put City firmly in control.
However, Ousmane Dembele pulled one back and Bradley Barcola brought PSG level by the hour mark, before Joao Neves headed the French champions in front and Goncalo Ramos wrapped up the win at the death after a long VAR check.
City have thrown away a winning position for the ninth time this season and the defeat was their third successive away loss in the Champions League having previously gone 12 unbeaten on the road in the competition
What has Pep Guardiola said?
“We have a last chance against Brugge and if we don’t go through it’s because we don’t deserve it,” Guardiola told reporters. “We have to recover against Chelsea in our next game and just move forward.
“Tonight, they [PSG] were better. Congratulate PSG and accept it. The law of football is like that — how intense and aggressive they were in key positions. You have to recover players and do it better.
“Their players suffered and they were better. They were better in the duels and we found our moment with 0-2 for the goal, but the first-half they had two clear chances.”
The defeat means that defending champions Man City must now beat Club Brugge at the Etihad next Wednesday to reach the play-off round. Anything other than a victory will see City eliminated.
