PSG outgun embattled Man City in six-goal Champions League thriller • FRANCE 24 English
Paris Saint-Germain further soured the mood at the Etihad Stadium as Manchester City's first home game since the guilty verdict on widespread flouting of Premier League financial rules ended in a 4-2 Champions League defeat on Wednesday. The European champions turned on the style to strike three times inside the opening 35 minutes through Desire Doue, Ousmane Dembele and Vitinha. PSG ChampionsLeague football 🔔 Subscribe to France 24 now: https://f24.my/YTen 🔴 LIVE - Watch FRANCE 24 English 24/7 here: https://f24.my/YTliveEN 🌍 Read the latest International News and Top Stories: https://www.france24.com/en/ Like us on Facebook: https://f24.my/FBen Follow us on X: https://f24.my/Xen Bluesky: https://f24.my/BSen and Threads: https://f24.my/THen Browse the news in pictures on Instagram: https://f24.my/IGen Discover our TikTok videos: https://f24.my/TKen Get the latest top stories on Telegram: https://f24.my/TGen
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Manchester City may be the current leaders of the Premier League, but they were outscored on home turf by PSG. The Paris side took an early lead after 13 minutes when a goal from Desiree Dou went into January Gonaruma's net, followed by a header from Usman Dembele just 2 minutes later. Then PSG's Vatiniah brought it to 3-0 before Halime for their first home match since being found guilty of breaking Premier League financial rules. It was a shaky start for Man City. >> In two minutes, you concede two goals and probably we lost a little bit the balance, the distance between players and we struggled first half. Second half, we made some changes. We adjust something and again I think we were much much much better. >> But after the break and three substitutions, Enzo Moresco's team came back fighting. Erling Holland scored twice, but some missed chances from City and a fourth goal from Akush sealed the deal for the Paris side. The back-to-back European champions won 4-2. It was a good show for their coach Luis Enrique who believes luck was on their side. >> When you see a game at this level, two teams who are really trying to play football, pressing as high as possible, I think that's the kind of game we thought it would be. An exciting game, an incredible game played at a high tempo. >> Wednesday's match saw PSG retain their place at the top of the table while Man City dropped to 17th.