Paris Saint-Germain showed that there is life in their UEFA Champions League campaign still with an incredible fightback from 2-0 down to win 4-2 against Manchester City at a rainy Parc des Princes on Wednesday.
After conceding two goals to start the second half, PSG have cut the deficit to 2-1 following a goal from Ousmane Dembélé. Bradley Barcola sprinted with the ball into the box and, found his French compatriot into the box and beat Ederson for the goal.
Paris St Germain qualified as one of the eight seeded teams for Friday’s draw after finishing 15th in the 36-team league.
Currently 25th and one place below the qualification places for the play-off phase, PSG are desperately in need of a result when they host Manchester City at
Manchester City flirted with a disastrous exit from the Champions League before rallying to beat Club Brugge 3-1 in a must-win game.
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Germain's Ousmane Dembélé hit a hat trick as all four French sides involved in the Champions League survived the cut of 12 teams to move into Friday's draw for the second phase of
City finished 22nd but relief turns to the realisation that its playoff round opponent will be either Madrid or Bayern, which slotted into the bracket possibilities in, respectively, 11th and 12th pla
Manchester City came from behind to beat Club Brugge 3-1 and secure their place in the Champions League playoffs, as big guns Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Paris St Germain also won to progress, while AC Milan and Juventus will join them despite both losing on Wednesday.
Manchester City scored three second half goals to come back from the brink of elimination and advance to the UEFA Champions League’s inaugural knockout round playoffs following a thrilling 3-1 victory over Club Brugge on Wednesday night.