Football
PSG downs Man City 4-2 in pulsating Champions League clash
Real Madrid edges Roma 4-3 in seven-goal thriller; Haaland becomes fastest player to 60 Champions League goals
By The Hindu
· · 2 min read
Twice-defending champions Paris Saint-Germain beat Manchester City 4-2 in a pulsating Champions League encounter on Wednesday, their devastating first-half display proving decisive against a City side playing under a cloud of scrutiny.
On a breathless night featuring 46 goals, Bradley Barcola scored a hat-trick in Liverpool's 6-3 thrashing of LASK, Aston Villa recorded the biggest European victory in their history with a 6-0 thrashing of Fenerbahce and Real Madrid staged a stunning late comeback to beat AS Roma 4-3.
But no fixture carried more intrigue than the Etihad clash, where City played their first home game since being found guilty of 114 breaches of financial rules.
City, who have denied all wrongdoing and appealed the verdict, were carved open by PSG in the first half.
Desire Doue and Ousmane Dembele scored less than two minutes apart before Warren Zaire-Emery's clever touch released Vitinha to drive the third beyond Gianluigi Donnarumma in the 32nd minute.
