Conclusion:
End of the day at the Ethihad Stadium! Manchester City beat Paris Saint-Germain 2-1. After the break, it was the French who struck through Mbappé – quite surprising at this stage of the match. Then they played powerful football for the first time tonight, but were torn from the clouds by Sterling’s equalization. As a result, the familiar picture developed: City pressed, and after 76 minutes City finally met Jesus through Gabriel. At the back, PSG had no more chances to score and accordingly deserved to be a loser from the field. As runners-up in the group, the Pochettino-Elf qualified for the round of 16. On Sunday, Ligue 1 continues for the first time at AS Saint-Étienne. The Sky Blues, meanwhile, are group winners. You will also face West Ham United on Sunday.
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Yellow card for Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City)
Gabriel Jesus takes part again defensively and reaches too hard. Yellow.
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Official stoppage time (minutes): 3
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The last minutes of regular time are running. There is no trace of a rearing up here. Manchester has everything under control.
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Guardiola continued to gesticulate tense at the edge of the page. He wants to calm his troops and definitely take these three counters with him. That would make her group winner.
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The Parisiens have not yet made it to the final sprint – on the contrary. It’s the Sky Blues that keep moving forward.
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Yellow card for João Cancelo (Manchester City)
João Cancelo hits the ball first with his tackle, then Messi’s shin. Orsato pulls out yellow for it.
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The lead for the championship leader is absolutely fine so far. He plays with more conviction and with significantly more dominance. Messi and Co. urgently need to come up with something.
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Goal for Manchester City, 2-1 by Gabriel Jesus
And then City takes the lead! After Gündoğan is put down, Mahrez crosses from the left at the second post. Silva does an outstanding job for Gabriel Jesus, so that the 24-year-old only needs to push into the far corner from six meters from the half-left.
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Great opportunity for Neymar! Quite effortlessly, the striker refueled through several Citizens through the center into the penalty area. Suddenly he stands half to the left in front of Ederson, but only pushes the leather next to the box. Usually he does that.
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What does the last quarter of an hour have in store for us? The sky-blue are currently attacking early again and putting the red-blue under pressure in the build-up of the game. However, playback errors occur very rarely.
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Gabriel Jesus against Navas! From the left half-field, Silva pushes through for his Brazilian colleague. Navas wipes his left-footed shot over the crossbar with both hands. Then referee Orsato decides offside – probably wrongly.
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Two changes at the club from the Seine. Kehrer and Di María take over for Mendes and Gueye.
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Substitution at Paris Saint-Germain
Thilo Kehrer comes for Nuno Mendes
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Substitution at Paris Saint-Germain
Ángel Di María replaces Idrissa Gueye
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There was no hint of the hit in the last few minutes. Paris had the best phase of the game since the 1-0 win. But now we’re starting all over again.
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Goal for Manchester City, 1: 1 by Raheem Sterlin
The total deserved compensation! From the headquarters, Rodri plays a fine high ball to the right into the box to Walker. The right-back fits volley in the middle, where Gabriel Jesus happily extended his inner thigh to the second post. Sterlin switches quickly, stretches out his left foot and nets from a short distance at the bottom left.
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PSG changes. Pereira comes for Herrera. Meanwhile, Manchester takes a corner briefly. In the end, it is Mahrez who fails to Navas from an acute angle from the right nine meters.
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Substitution at Paris Saint-Germain
Danilo Pereira replaces Ander Herrera
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With the current state of affairs, both teams swap places in the table. The Pochettino-Elf would currently be group winners.
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Rodri (Manchester City) yellow card
Rodri clears the marquinhos with a tackle. Yellow.
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It will be more offensive with the British. Gabriel Jesus comes for Zinchenko.
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Substitution at Manchester City
Gabriel Jesus comes for Oleksandr Zinchenko
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This scene showed what goes hand in hand with pressing: a risk. If the team from the city of love makes it forward, they will find quite interesting rooms. She took advantage of it this time – albeit with a little luck.
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Goal for Paris Saint-Germain, 0-1 by Kylian Mbappé
And then Paris goes in front! The ball reaches Mendes via Messi and Neymar. The left-back is a fine combination between Messi, Neymar and Herrera in the left half-space. At the end it is la Pulga, which goes halfway in from the left. When deflected, the ball flies to the right to Mbappé, who tunnels the approaching Ederson from nine meters.
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What the Sky Blues continue to do well is the forceful pressing. Again and again Paredes and Co. find it difficult to develop a targeted game structure.
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It continues without personnel changes.
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Half-time conclusion:
Pause at Etihad, between Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain it is still goalless. It started out in a balanced way at first. After a little more than ten minutes, however, the English ignited constant pressure and came to good results several times by the 35th minute. Gündoğan missed the best opportunity when he hit the post. PSG, on the other hand, rarely appeared offensively. It was only shortly before half-time that Mbappé made claims for his team. Overall, the French can be happy about the draw, they are not really in the match here yet. So it remains exciting – see you soon!
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And then the first good opportunity for the guests! Stones spoiled the ball in the center circle against Neymar, who played directly on the half-left to Mbappé. The attacker flicks the round from 16 meters over the crossbar.
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There are only a few moments until halftime. Les Parisiens currently seem to be regaining control of history, at least defensively.
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Messi is on the ground. In the duel with João Cancelo, he gets the shoulder in the face. There is probably nothing serious here. Nevertheless, the Argentine stands out for the first time in this game.
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10: 2 shots on goal speak a clear language per host. What is missing now is the final punch in the end.
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Manchester again. Silva fails with his low shot from the right from 17 meters in the long corner at Navas. The corner fizzles out.
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Gündoğan to the post! João Cancelo nibbles on Hakimi on the left wing and gives high inside. Mendes’ weak clarification action lands right at Gündoğan’s feet. From the penalty spot he slips the marble against the far right post.
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After more than half an hour, it can be said: Although we don’t see any fireworks of chances, the hosts have the matter clearly under control. The people of the Seine are far too rarely in the last third.
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Again two times the Citizens: First, Sterling clears Gündoğan on the right, whose cross ends up at Zinchenko via detours. However, the Ukrainian’s shot from seven meters is blocked. A little later, Navas dives and uses it to intercept a Sterling flank.
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Good action from Mendes! The 19-year-old dribbles his way through the left corner of the penalty area, but remains only the second winner with his too unplaced low shot against Ederson.
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Mbappé, Neymar and Messi are not really in the match yet. The offensive row of three has so far been sidelined by Dias and Stones.
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At the side, Guardiola talks wildly gesticulating to his troops. He wants to see more aggressive pressing.
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The noose gradually tightens. The sky blues settle in the sixteen-meter space of the Parisians.
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Hakimi corrected! After a fine combination in the opposing penalty area, Mahrez pulls from half right nine meters. The ex-Dortmunder fends off his attempt with a head in front of the line. Important action.
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After a great pass from Herrera midfield, Mendes breaks through on the left. He takes Neymar with him, who does not hit the ball properly from 19 central meters. Mendes is in the line of fire, but fails to counterfeit to Ederson. However, there were two offside positions in a row.
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So far, both defensive lines are pretty safe. In particular, the men around Kimpembe and Co. have been able to withstand the high pressure of the Guardiola team so far. The only exception: a standard.
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It starts here as we could expect. Both teams go to work bravely and seek their salvation on the offensive. It goes up and down.
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Les Rouge et Bleu are also showing up now: Neymar gets stuck with his shot attempt from a central 21 meters.
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Right now that Double chance for City! Rodri heads a long free kick from the right at the far post. Kimpembe saves from the line and heads off to the left. From there, Sterlin fails at Navas from an acute angle. The following corner does not bring anything.
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As expected, the British take the initiative in the first few minutes. Time and again, things are moving forward at a fast pace.
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In the premier class group, however, the matter is more difficult. Only a triumph will really help the team from the Seine today. With a draw or a bankruptcy, first place is likely to be gone. So in all likelihood today it will be about winning the group!
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On the other hand, the Parisiens have been unbeaten in seven meetings. They recently got two threes in a row – at Girondins Bordeaux (3: 2) and against FC Nantes (3: 1) the offensive was aggressive. With eleven points ahead of pursuers Nice, the championship title in Ligue 1 seems to have already been awarded.
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With three wins from four games and already 15 goals scored, the team from the island is at the top of the table with nine points. One point separates them from Paris – a win today would mean a safe passage into the next round as first place. At the same time, in the event of a defeat, it would mean that an elimination would even be possible. For that, Bruges would have to win against RB Leipzig at the same time.
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It’s going well again at the Sky Blues. After two unexpected defeats in the League Cup at West Ham United (3: 5) and in the league against Crystal Palace in their own stadium (0: 2), they have recently won three times in a row. Both in the Champions League against Bruges (4: 1) and in the Premier League in the city derby at Manchester United (2: 0) and against FC Everton (3: 0) they retained the upper hand. Now it should also work against the French.
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Hello and welcome to the fifth day of the Champions League! In the top game in Group A, Manchester City can bag the group win against Paris Saint-Germain today. Kick-off at Etihad is at 9:00 p.m.
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