This Wednesday evening, PSG showed real strength of character to overthrow Manchester City (4-2) and put themselves in a good position for qualification for the Champions League play-offs.
The PSG gave his supporters a dream evening. Trailing 0-2 from the start of the second half, the players of Luis Enrique never foundered and completely turned the match around against Manchester
City for a final score of 4-2. The day after this success, the Parisian club shared some key figures from this beautiful European evening, via its site
internet.
A historic comeback for PSG in C1
It is quite simply the first victory of the
PSG in Champions League after being down by two goals. And this Parisian team has once again displayed its hatred of defeat. Indeed, the Rouge & Bleu have won their last three matches after conceding the opener (Espaly, RC
Lens et Manchester City). This Wednesday evening was also marked by the 500th goal of the
PSG in European Cups. This was registered by
Ousmane Dembélé. This is the French international's third goal after coming off the bench this season,
“equaling his highest total coming off the bench in the same financial year (2018-19 and 2020-21). » Also a scorer after coming into play, Gonçalo Ramos scored his 20th goal in Parisian colors in all competitions.
Yet a great fan of ball possession, the team of
Pep Guardiola was overwhelmed by the desire and character of the players of Luis Enrique. THE
Citizens posted only 36.9% possession, the 2nd lowest possession for a team led by Pep
Guardiola in Champions League. Finally, thanks to this resounding success against the English champions, the PSG has now
86% chance to qualify for the play-offs of the Champions Leagueaccording to analyzes ofOpta Predictor. A draw will be enough on the pitch Stuttgart next week (January 29) to reach the play-offs of the competition.
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