Paris Saint-Germain beats Manchester City 4-2 in Champions League clash
Paris Saint-Germain, the defending champions, won 4-2 at the Etihad, while Erling Haaland passed Sergio Aguero as City's top Champions League scorer.
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What happened
Paris Saint-Germain beat Manchester City 4-2 at the Etihad Stadium in their Champions League league-phase match on Wednesday. City trailed 3-0 at halftime before losing. Haaland then became the club's all-time leading scorer in the competition.
Why it matters
The result strengthened PSG's claim to be Europe's finest team. Commentators also described it as one of the best Champions League sides of all time.
Timeline
- Oct 14: Manchester City trailed Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 at halftime at the Etihad.
- Oct 15, 1:01 AM ET: Paris Saint-Germain finished the match with a 4-2 win over Manchester City.
- Oct 15, 1:29 AM ET: Erling Haaland surpassed Sergio Aguero as Manchester City's all-time leading scorer in the Champions League.
Coverage
- From heroics to magic, via dominance: Thursday's front pages 🗞️ (Yahoo Sports)
- One half is enough: Ayoub Bouaddi steals the spotlight on a painful night of four goals (goal.com)
- An exciting midfield solution emerged in big games for Manchester City against PSG (Yahoo Sports)
- Erling Haaland makes Manchester City Champions League history vs. PSG (Yahoo Sports)
- PSG thrash Man City 4-2 in Champions League statement win (Sharjah 24)
- Man City can't compete with PSG, the Champions League's gold standard (espn.com)
- Perfect PSG - can anybody stop the defending champions? (BBC)
- Manchester City are suddenly box-office in age of charge-rage and mega defiance (The Guardian)
- Guardiola's return, Man City's defiance - and a game of glorious chaos (BBC)
- Manchester City v Paris Saint-Germain: Champions League (The Guardian)
- LIVE - Manchester City v PSG: Commentary, updates, goals and stats (101greatgoals.com)
- Gvardiol, Khusanov and Doku return to line-up for PSG clash (Yahoo Sports)
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