Paris Saint-Germain achieved a real tour de force. For the first time in its history in the Champions League, the capital club managed to win a C1 match after being down by two goals. And this evening, Luis Enrique's men needed this miracle to beat Manchester City and keep their chances of qualifying intact.
Winner of the Skyblues 4 goals to 2, while they lost 2-0 before the hour mark, the Parisians could savor their success at the end of the match. And on the side of the Mancunians, despite a 25th place in the ranking (synonymous with elimination), no one came to challenge the Ile-de-France success. Better still, the 2023 European champions even paid tribute to the Rouge et Bleu. Starting with the former Monegasque Bernardo Silva.
“This PSG is exceptional”
“A first period which was 50-50. We didn't play very well, but we had opportunities to create chances. We started the second well and afterwards Paris was clearly better than us for 35 minutes. They won the battle all over the field. They were more intense, more competitive, more aggressive. They deserved to win this match. We didn't hope to be at this level, to need to win the last match to go to the play-off, we are frustrated. We play at home against Bruges. We know that if we win, we qualify, it’s not the best situation”he declared on the microphone of Canal+imitated just afterwards by Pep Guardiola.
“They were better, they had one more player in the middle with their false nine. It was difficult to squeeze them. They were better in possession, we will learn from that. We knew they were going to play this way, this PSG is exceptional. It’s deserved, we have to accept it. I congratulated him (Luis Enrique). We have to win our last home match, we know what we have to do. » Fine players, the Skyblues know what they have to do.
