remontada, the “Barcola hero”, “City in danger”… the European press unanimously after the revenge of the Farmers League

Paris Saint-Germain scored a stunning victory against Manchester City (4-2) on Wednesday January 22, 2025 during the seventh day of the Champions League. If the English press is worried about the Skyblues after this umpteenth poor performance, the success of Luis Enrique and the Ile-de-France club is unanimously welcomed.

Trailing by two goals, against the run of play, PSG overthrew Manchester City (4-2) to achieve a prestigious success this Wednesday in the Champions League. Before its trip to Stuttgart in a week, the Ile-de-France club has taken a step towards qualification for the play-offs and allows France to foresee the possibility of a historic 4/4 with all the qualified Ligue 1 teams.

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In France, the victory of Ousmane Dembélé's partners brings joy to the sports press. Logical after such a match and a great collective performance. “Magic at last”, headlines the newspaper L'Equipe in reference to the motto of the Ile-de-France club. “Paris turns everything upside down,” says Le Parisien without making it its front page of the day.

England worried after Manchester City 'implosion'

The magnificent poster between PSG and Manchester City also brought joy to the English media this Thursday. Not the general press, more focused on the news items shaking England than on the defeat of the Cityzens. But the sections of the main newspapers devoted to sport have shared their concern for Pep Guardiola's gang.

“City have ruined everything” says the Daily Express, specifying that the Catalan coach's players “imploded to keep their European hopes hanging by a thread”. Scorer but disappointing, Erling Haaland finds himself at the head of this English fiasco and the photo of the Norwegian striker holding his head with both hands is widely relayed by the British press.

Star Sport launches into an ambitious pun around the expression sacrebleu but transforms it into “sacreblew it” to emphasize Manchester City's explosion in the middle of a match despite its two-goal lead against Paris.

The terrible observation of helplessness of the English team is also highlighted by the Daily Telegraph. Here again Erling Haaland is chosen as the symbol of this collective shipwreck. “The surrender of City” is the headline in the daily, emphasizing the risk of elimination of the Skyblues in a week during the match against Bruges at the Etihad Stadium.

Luis Enrique too strong for Guardiola, the “Barcola hero praised in Spain

On the Catalan side, PSG's victory was treated through the prism of the two coaches. Former Barça, Luis Enrique and Pep Guardiola faced each other for the fifth time in the Champions League. And the coach of the Ile-de-France club “complicated the life” of his counterpart with this convincing success at the Parc des Princes for the Sport newspaper.

Same story for the other major Catalan daily, Mundo Deportivo, which features a montage of Luis Enrique all smiles and a disgruntled Pep Guardiola flanked by the headline “Remontada and Pep on a thread.” Not without forgetting to remember that the Skyblues will be eliminated if they do not win against Bruges on the eighth day.

Without too much surprise, the Madrid press preferred to focus on the demonstration of the Real Madrid Galacticos. Marca only makes a small mention of the PSG-Manchester City clash on its front page, emphasizing the rise of PSG and the risk of elimination of the English club.

The AS newspaper praised the Parisian performance with “PSG reigns in madness” after a match with a crazy scenario. And you also have to look at the Spanish media site to see a beautiful message to the Parisians who made a “comeback” and who knocked out City after an “epic” second period including a “Barcola dressed as a hero “. If nothing is done for qualification, PSG got back on track perfectly with their victory against Manchester City and remains master of their destiny before their trip to Stuttgart next Wednesday.