Manchester City FC 2 - 4 Paris Saint-Germain FC — Highlights & Result
UEFA Champions League
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(1 week ago)
· MD 2
Highlights
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Manchester City saw their seven-match winning streak across all competitions halted in a six-goal encounter on UEFA Champions League matchday 2, while Paris Saint-Germain extended their own winning run to five matches in all competitions. The defeat dropped Manchester City from tenth to seventeenth in the 36-team table, whereas Paris Saint-Germain surged to the summit, leading the standings with six points.
Manchester City arrived at this fixture boasting a ten-match scoring streak in all competitions, having recently achieved a 3-0 away victory at Liverpool in the Premier League. Paris Saint-Germain also entered with a ten-match scoring run across all competitions, built upon four successive victories including a 6-1 win against Sl. Bratislava in their opening European fixture.
History repeated itself from their previous encounter on 22 January 2025, where Paris Saint-Germain similarly defeated Manchester City 4-2. Désiré Doué initiated the scoring on 13 minutes, assisted by Fabián Ruiz, before Ousmane Dembélé added a second two minutes later following a pass from Désiré Doué. Vitinha extended the advantage on 32 minutes from a Warren Zaire-Emery assist, and Maghnes Akliouche netted on 62 minutes after an Ousmane Dembélé pass. Erling Haaland twice replied for Manchester City with assists from Iliman Ndiaye and Ayyoub Bouaddi on 53 and 75 minutes respectively, earning a match-high rating of 8.5 alongside Désiré Doué at 9, before Ferrán Torres missed a penalty on 90 minutes.
Manchester City now sit three points behind the leaders in the table and next play at home against Ipswich Town on 17 October.
Manchester City arrived at this fixture boasting a ten-match scoring streak in all competitions, having recently achieved a 3-0 away victory at Liverpool in the Premier League. Paris Saint-Germain also entered with a ten-match scoring run across all competitions, built upon four successive victories including a 6-1 win against Sl. Bratislava in their opening European fixture.
History repeated itself from their previous encounter on 22 January 2025, where Paris Saint-Germain similarly defeated Manchester City 4-2. Désiré Doué initiated the scoring on 13 minutes, assisted by Fabián Ruiz, before Ousmane Dembélé added a second two minutes later following a pass from Désiré Doué. Vitinha extended the advantage on 32 minutes from a Warren Zaire-Emery assist, and Maghnes Akliouche netted on 62 minutes after an Ousmane Dembélé pass. Erling Haaland twice replied for Manchester City with assists from Iliman Ndiaye and Ayyoub Bouaddi on 53 and 75 minutes respectively, earning a match-high rating of 8.5 alongside Désiré Doué at 9, before Ferrán Torres missed a penalty on 90 minutes.
Manchester City now sit three points behind the leaders in the table and next play at home against Ipswich Town on 17 October.
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Match stats
Man City v PSG
54%
Possession
46%
2.61
Expected goals (xG)
1.85
27
Shots
15
9
Shots on target
10
19
Shots inside the box
7
11
Corners
2
499
Passes
444
85%
Pass accuracy
84%
6
Saves
6
10
Fouls
11
2
Offsides
0
1
Yellow cards
1
Lineups & player ratings
8.2
Player of the match
Vitinha · PSG
90'
· 1 goal
Top rated: D. Doué 9.0
Key moments
- 13' ⚽ Désiré Doue · assist Fabián Ruiz · PSG
- 15' ⚽ Ousmane Dembélé · assist Désiré Doue · PSG
- 32' ⚽ Vitinha · assist Warren Zaire-Emery · PSG
- 53' ⚽ Erling Haaland · assist Iliman Ndiaye · Man City
- 61' 🟨 Antoine Semenyo · Man City
- 62' ⚽ Maghnes Akliouche · assist Ousmane Dembélé · PSG
- 69' 🟨 Warren Zaire-Emery · PSG
- 75' ⚽ Erling Haaland · assist Ayyoub Bouaddi · Man City
- 90' ✖ Ferrán Torres (missed pen) · PSG
Man City
4-2-3-1- 1 G. Donnarumma 90' 6.9
- 45 A. Khusanov 90' 6.2
- 6 M. Guéhi 90' 6.2
- 24 J. Gvardiol 90' 6.7
- 5 E. Anderson 90' 6.6
- 42 A. Semenyo 🟨 90' 6.0
- 9 E. Haaland ⚽ ⚽ 90' 8.5
- 17 E. Fernández 89' 6.8
- 3 Rúben Dias 45' 5.9
- 10 R. Cherki 45' 6.3
- 11 J. Doku 45' 6.4
- 27 Matheus Nunes · sub 45' 6.7
- 7 I. Ndiaye · sub 🅰️ 45' 7.3
- 32 A. Bouaddi · sub 🅰️ 45' 6.6
- 33 N. O'Reilly · sub 1' –
PSG
4-3-3- 17 Vitinha ⚽ 90' 8.2
- 51 W. Pacho 90' 6.4
- 25 Nuno Mendes 90' 6.8
- 5 Marquinhos 90' 6.8
- 2 A. Hakimi 90' 6.1
- 39 M. Safonov 90' 6.6
- 33 W. Zaïre-Emery 🅰️ 🟨 84' 7.1
- 8 Fabián Ruiz 🅰️ 84' 7.1
- 10 O. Dembélé ⚽ 🅰️ 76' 8.5
- 11 M. Akliouche ⚽ 76' 7.9
- 14 D. Doué ⚽ 🅰️ 66' 9.0
- 7 K. Kvaratskhelia · sub 24' 6.7
- 87 João Neves · sub 14' 6.2
- 9 Ferran Torres · sub 14' 6.4
- 21 L. Hernández · sub 6' 6.3
- 4 Beraldo · sub 6' 6.2
Ratings out of 10. Data: API-Football. How ratings work
Match facts
Man City
10th
in the table · 3 pts from 1
· GD +2
PSG
6th
in the table · 3 pts from 1
· GD +5
Form going into the match
Man City