man city vs. psg final result
Manchester City sealed their pass in the last 16 of the Champions League as group winners, beating Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 at the Etihad Stadium.
City dominated the opening 45 minutes but did not find a breakthrough as Mauricio Pochettino, who was heavily involved with a zero Manchester United job for the game, saw his PSG team hold on tight under pressure from the hosts.
At the start of the second half, Pep Guardiola's side were forced to pay the price for their waste as Killian Mbappe put the League 1 leaders ahead of the game.
However, goals from Rahim Sterling and substitute Gabriel Jesus brought City back, ensuring a place in the knockout stages with one game remaining.
The win puts Guardiola's men, who are aiming for their first Champions League title, at the top of Group A and has one game left, with PSG losing to Manchester in a 5-0 defeat to Club Brugge in Manchester. Arabic Leipzig.
Despite the absence of key attacking players between Kevin de Bruyne, Phil Foden and Jack Grellish, Manchester City started strongly on the front foot and created a number of clear chances as they dominated most of the opening 45 minutes.
Rodri was the top scorer for Riyad Mahrez's free-kick, but his powerful header was cleared off the line by Presnell Kimpembe.
Mahrez was heavily involved in action for City in the first half and the spectators needed Achraf Hakimi to remove Algeria's wrinkled effort over the crossbar.
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