Saint-Germain Dominates Manchester City with Four Goals at Home in Champions League

Paris Saint-Germain climbed to the top of the group stage standings in the UEFA Champions League following their thrilling 4-2 victory over hosts Manchester City on Wednesday evening, in the competition’s second round.

Desire Doue opened the scoring for Saint-Germain in the 13th minute, before his teammates Ousmane Dembele and Vitinha added the second and third goals in the 15th and 32nd minutes, respectively.

Norwegian star Erling Haaland reduced the deficit by scoring Manchester City’s first goal in the 53rd minute, but Magnin Akliouch secured Saint-Germain’s fourth goal in the 63rd minute.

Haaland scored again, netting Manchester City’s second goal in the 75th minute, thereby becoming the club’s all-time leading scorer in the Champions League after reaching 38 goals in 41 appearances in the competition, surpassing the record of retired Argentine Sergio Aguero, a former player for the club, who had scored 36 goals for the Sky Blues in the tournament.

With that result, Saint-Germain (the defending champions) moved to the top of the table with six points, while Manchester City, the 2023 tournament winners, remained on three points in 17th place.