- As Man City fall 0 – 2 in Paris, Real Madrid lose at home
Argentine superstar, Lionel Messi opened his goal-scoring account for Paris St-Germain (PSG) in stunning fashion as they beat Manchester City in an enthralling Champions League Group A encounter.
Messi, making his fourth appearance for PSG since leaving Barcelona, ran from the halfway line before playing a one-two with Kylian Mbappe and leaving Ederson rooted to the spot with a lovely 20-yard shot.
And the roar from the Parc des Princes crowd was deafening as the former Barca captain, on his return from injury, added one PSG goal to the 672 he managed for the Catalonia giants.
The brilliant strike in the second half was an affirmative statement from the Argentine icon and City Manager, Pep Guardiola’s worst fear that PSG’s new superstar is capable of producing that one moment of genius became real.
Idrissa Gueye had given last season’s French runners-up an early lead with an excellent drive into the top corner before Messi’s brilliant moment came out of the blues and crushed any hope of the visitors grabbing a point on the night.
On their part, City had lots of moments to make amends in between the two goals with Raheem Sterling’s header hitting the bar and Bernardo Silva striking the woodwork from the rebound as an empty net starred at him.
The Citizens had seven shots on target but could not beat Champions League debutant Gianluigi Donnarumma in goal for PSG. In the end, it was PSG that left the Parc des Princes smiling and believing they have found the missing piece to end their age-long wait for Champions League success – With agency reports
