Paris Saint-Germain pulled out all the stops this Wednesday evening in a boiling Parc des Princes. Trailing 2-0 shortly before the hour mark, Luis Enrique’s team found the resources to win 4-2.
Ousmane Dembélé, Bradley Barcola, João Neves et Gonçalo Ramos at the end sounded the revolt against Citizens not really impressive. The meeting was important in the race for qualification and the Parisians fulfilled their contract brilliantly.
Opposite, the collective of Pep Guardiola failed to manage the intensity of adversity. In the ranking, the English club thus leaves the play-off places.
A frustrating offside
These are the Parisians who take the match in the right direction from the start. At the 4th minute of play, Désiré Doué alerts the Mancunian defense for the first time, but Ederson pushes back for a corner.
In a very beautiful atmosphere, the PSG manages to bring great intensity and puts pressure on City since kick-off. And it continues, João Neves places a header in the 10th on an off-center free kick after a foul Ruben Dias. First yellow card of the game.
Two minutes later, Kevin De Buryne responds by trying his luck after a well-felt direct attack, but Gianluigi Donnarumma not missed.
The minutes pass, the Parisian highlight has passed, but that doesn’t stop Achraf Hakimi to strike after tumbling out of his lane in the 19th. THE Citizens push back the opposing block in turn, but overall, it is indeed the collective of Luis Enrique who sir
However, few spaces are left by the two teams, it is difficult to find gaps in the last opposing third, except in transition or direct attack… In the process (20ᵉ), Erling Haaland still managed to place a header on a cross Phil Foden at the end of a possession phase.
26ᵉ, Vitinha tries his luck at the entrance to the area despite a not very well managed transition: corner. Guardiola then diverts on his line facing Fabian Ruiz. The PSG just believed in the opening score. This is clearly the best occasion of the evening so far.
At the 39th, it’s Savinho who comes to threaten Donnarummabut the Italian remains on his guard. New Mancunian pressure while the pace had dropped slightly.
-And, as we head towards halftime, Paris recovers high, Ruben Neves transmit to Nuno Mendes who goes behind the opposing defense before finding Judge on the other side! The Parc des Princes exults, but ultimately the VAR cancels the Portuguese goal for offside.
Ramos as icing on the cake
Return from the locker room: Luis Enrique made the choice to bring in Ousmane Dembélé instead of Lee Kang-in. While Pep Guardiola decides to go out Savinho for the benefit of Jack Grealish.
And it’s the Englishman who decides to throw a huge chill over the Park! 50 minutes of play, Mendes is overwhelmed by Manuel Akanji and the Swiss manages to slip the ball on Bernardo Silva who shoots Donnarummabut the doorman PSG grows back on Grealish who takes over and scores.
City leads to the scoreboard at the best of times! Worse still, barely three minutes later, on a new possession, Haaland doubles the score as a good opportunist after a cross deflected by Neves. The Norwegian deceived Donnarumma at point blank range. How cruel it is for Paris who has just been punished in the space of a snap of his fingers!
But, it was without counting on Dembele’s which rings the revolt in the 56th at the end of a very good race of Bradley Barcola behind the Mancunian defense. The Parisian No. 10 took the center of the flat of the foot to deceive Ederson !
The men of Luis Enrique immediately pulled themselves together, to the delight of the Parisian supporters. And, it doesn’t stop there, since the strong beat continues at the end of which Stagger manages to equalize after the crossbar found by Gifted (60ᵉ). Ederson is surprised, City has just been surprised in the space of four minutes.
The minutes pass and the PSG does not relent in his efforts, even to the point that Dembele’s also makes the transverse of theEderson at the 71st after a small bridge over Silva.
After being down 2-0, Paris achieves the unthinkable and passes the scoreboard in the 79th: it’s Neves who places a superb diving header at the far post following an eccentric free kick kicked by Vitinha. There is no doubt, the Parisians reacted brilliantly.
Behind, the collective of Luis Enrique manages the end of the match perfectly and offers three precious points in the race for qualification. after a fourth goal scored by Gonçalo Ramos in added time!
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