PSG Beat Manchester City 2-0: UEFA Champions League
PSG beat Manchester City in the UEFA champions league: Leon Messi shines as PSG beat Manchester City 2-0.
Superstar striker Leon Messi scored the first goal for Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) as the team beat English side Manchester City 2-0 in UEFA Champions League Group A.
Six-time FIFA best player Messi scored goals Star striker Kylian Mbappe helped in. Messi scored 672 goals for Barcelona, but this is his first goal in four matches for PSG.
This is City’s first loss against PSG in the last five matches. PSG is at the top of Group A on goal average. Club Brugge and PSG have four points apiece, while City is third with three points.
Settle accounts:
With this goal, Messi has told the fans of PSG that he will leave no stone unturned to get the team this title.
The Argentine forward has left Barcelona and signed a two-year deal with PSG. With this, PSG also avenged their semi-final loss to Manchester City last season.
PSG’s strong attack:
Messi was playing in this match after recovering from an injured knee and Neymar and Kylian Mbappe were also on the field with him.
All three strikers played the entire match and PSG’s attack got stronger with their playing together.
Under him, the defense of a strong team like Manchester City also became weak and the team ate two goals.
Italy’s Marco Verrati returned to play in this match after recovering from a knee injury, which strengthened the team’s midfield, and in goalkeeping.
Donnaruma played the responsibility of goalkeeper in place of Kellar Nevas.
Donaruma defended:
PSG’s team started making initial pressure, which benefited the team in the form of goals. Idrisa Guye opened PSG’s account in the match with a goal in the eighth minute.
Idrisa surprised City with a right-footed goal from outside the goalkeeper’s box. In this half, City missed many chances to score and the ball could not go into the goal post.
In the 26th minute, Raheem Sterling of City sent the ball towards the goal post with a header, but the ball hit the bar of the post.
Then Bernado Silva’s effort also got spoiled due to the bar of the post. Apart from this, goalkeeper Donnaruma also made three defenses in the first half. PSG led 1-0 in the first half.
Messi scored:
In the second half, visiting team City began to press for a goal, but Donnaruma defended Kevin de Bruyne’s shot. However, the risk of PSG scoring on City remained high.
In the 65th minute, Messi passed the ball towards Neymar, but the Brazilian player Neymar’s shot could not go inside the post.
Meanwhile, Messi scored the first goal for his new team. In the 74th minute.
Mbappe cleverly flicked the ball towards Messi, who gave his fans a chance to celebrate by hitting the ball with his left foot from outside the box into the goal post.
Even after this, City’s strikers kept on trying to score goals, but they did not succeed.
