Man City's Champions League future on a knife edge after PSG thriller - 6 talking points

PSG 4-2 MANCHESTER CITY: Pep Guardiola's broadside threw distant a two-goal pb to permission their aboriginal successful the Champions League hanging by a thread heading into the last matchday

Manchester City's aboriginal successful this season's Champions League is hanging by a thread aft they threw distant a two-goal pb to suffer to PSG.

City presently inhabit an elimination spot successful the league signifier having present won conscionable 2 of their 7 games. The Ligue 1 broadside were mostly ascendant during Wednesday's game, but it was City who took the pb done Jack Grealish, who blasted location conscionable 4 minutes aft coming on.

Grealish past played a cardinal relation to assistance Erling Haaland adhd a second. But Ousmane Dembele swept location to propulsion a extremity backmost earlier the awesome Bradley Barcola bundled location an equaliser to headdress disconnected a brainsick 10 second-half minutes.

With 11 minutes remaining, Joao Neves capped disconnected a singular comeback for the hosts arsenic helium headed location from a free-kick having been near unmarked by City. PSG scored a 4th successful the game's dying seconds erstwhile Goncalo Ramos buried the shot past Ederson. Here, Mirror Football looks astatine the biggest talking points from Wednesday's game.

Nervy decorativeness ahead

The bore gully means that it volition beryllium a nervy last matchday for some City and PSG. Pep Guardiola's broadside present inhabit a spot successful the elimination, with conscionable 7 points up of their last crippled against Club Brugge adjacent week.

PSG meantime climbed into the play-off places, 2 points up of City. The French giants volition question to Stuttgart successful their last match, with the German broadside besides warring for a play-off spot.

The effect volition lone adhd to Guardiola's fraying nerves. The sojourn of Brugge present becomes a must-win crippled if City are to widen their enactment successful the Champions League.

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Mendes proves Amorim right

PSG left-back Nuno Mendes had been a apical people for Manchester United earlier successful the window. And connected Wednesday the 22-year-old showed precisely wherefore Ruben Amorim was keen to motion him.

He masterfully dealt with the menace of Phil Foden and impressively denied Erling Haaland successful a one-on-one against the City prima successful the first-half. Mendes astir made a slayer interaction connected the crippled going forward.

Towards the extremity of the opening 45 minutes, helium burst forward, exchanging a one-two earlier squaring the shot with conscionable Ederson to beat. It yet recovered its mode to Achraf Hakimi who blasted home, though Mendes was adjudged to person strayed millimetres offside by VAR.

Inspired Guardiola

With his broadside having been outplayed successful the first-half, City brag Pep Guardiola decided to enactment astatine the break. He hauled disconnected Savinho and successful a astonishment determination besides axed prima defender Ruben Dias.

In their spot came Jack Grealish and Rico Lewis, which besides forced a alteration of shape. But the moves had a speedy interaction and turned the crippled connected its head.

First, Grealish opened the scoring earlier helium played a cardinal relation arsenic Erling Haaland tapped location the second. Eight minutes, 2 subs and 2 goals. Proof that Guardiola inactive has a aureate touch.

Super-sub Grealish

Having gone 13 months without a goal, Jack Grealish present has 2 successful his past 3 games. But his extremity connected Wednesday nighttime volition beryllium of acold much worth to City than his punishment against Salford successful the FA Cup.

Grealish was introduced arsenic a half-time substitute for Savinho connected the near wing. He made an interaction conscionable 4 minutes later, blasting the shot location from adjacent scope to enactment City ahead.

Five minutes later, helium played a cardinal relation successful City's 2nd goal. Grealish picked up the shot connected the near and decided to tally astatine his antheral earlier playing successful a pass. The shot was flicked connected by a PSG defender to permission Erling Haaland with an casual finish.

Barcola shines

If Grealish was City's prima man, past Bradley Barcola took that mantle for PSG. He proved a superior occupation for City passim the crippled from his presumption connected the near wing.

His archetypal cardinal infinitesimal came erstwhile helium had really swapped to the left. He cheekily nutmegged Gvardiol to burst done earlier helium squared the shot to Ousmane Dembele, who was near with an bare nett to expanse his changeable into.

Four minutes later, the winger was connected the scoresheet himself. The shot fell to him aft Desire Doue deed the bar, with Barcola bundling the shot location successful fortunate fashion.

Trading places

Usually if we speech astir meltdowns successful Europe, it is PSG who are connected the receiving end. Not truthful this time. So often we person seen Les Parisiens falter, with City's speedy scoring spell signalling the commencement of different disappointing night.

But PSG person proved they are entering a caller era, warring backmost to assertion a draw. Barcola's extremity capped disconnected a chaotic 10 minutes, which leaves you wondering if City and PSG were playing a crippled of 'Trading places'.

Things would get worse for City though, with Joao Neves scoring a precocious winner. This is simply a semipermanent occupation for City, who person present thrown distant 8 points from winning positions successful this season's Champions League.

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