PSG beat Barcelona for winning start to Champions League defence

PSG beat Barcelona for winning start to Champions League defence

In a gripping Champions League match, Paris St Germain rallied from a goal down to defeat Barcelona 2-1. The defending champions came back from a set of injuries to claim a valuable victory away from home.

Barcelona put a strong start to their Wednesday game, and Ferran Torres slid in the 19th minute to beat the offside trap and slot past PSG goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier with a precise pass from Marcus Rashford across the box.

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Despite missing Marquinhos and their starting attacking trio of Ousmane Dembele, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, and Desire Doue, PSG reacted tenaciously.

Nuno Mendes won the match in the 38th minute by making a stunning run down the left, beating three defenders before setting up Senny Mayulu, 19, who bravely finished in the bottom corner.

In the 83rd minute, PSG finally scored a deserved winner from a quick counter, with Achraf Hakimi crossing for Goncalo Ramos to fire home from close range.

Barcelona captain Freddie de Jong told Movistar+, “You have to be disappointed at the end when you concede in the final minute of the game to lose at home.”

“They]PSG] were generally better in the second half and in the final stages. Better starting is our goal. They were better in the second half, after all, but it went back and forth.

Ferran Torres scores Barcelona’s opener against PSG [Albert Gea/Reuters]

Man City and Juventus were held to victory, but Newcastle and Arsenal won.

After Eric Dier converted a penalty in the 90th minute for the hosts, Manchester City had to settle for a draw of 2-2 with Monaco.

After Renato Veiga’s late equalizer, Villarreal and Juventus tied the game at 1-1.

After 12 minutes, Gabriel Martinelli scored the winning goal, and Bukayo Sako added a pair of goals in injury time to earn the win.

Martin Odegaard, the captain of Arsenal, said, “We want to be creative and we know the quality of the team.”

Everyone can tell from each and every player on the pitch that you want to keep your place. “Everyone can see the quality and depth in the squad now.

Odegaard praised Arsenal’s second-place finish in the English Premier League for three straight seasons, which included being knocked out of the Champions League in the finals last year, adding: “We have used everything that happened to us in a good way and have also introduced a few new players… hopefully this is going to be our year.”

Nick Woltemade is making an effort to erase Alexander Isak from Newcastle fans.

The 93 million-dollar signing made his third goal for Newcastle in four starts to give them a 4-0 victory over Union Saint-Gilloise.

The German international was acquired to fill Isak’s contentious move to Liverpool. And he has immediately impacted people.

Sandro Tonali’s goal-directed shot past Kjell Scherpen was his 17th-minute goal at Lotto Park, which gave Newcastle the perfect start. He was also appreciated for putting the right foot in the right place at the right moment, according to him.

Following his goal against Arsenal on Sunday, Woltemade has now scored in back-to-back games. The early signs of his potential replacement after his transfer from Stuttgart are encouraging, but he still needs to demonstrate that he can. Isak scored 54 goals in 78 Premier League starts for Newcastle.

Anthony Gordon scored twice from the penalty spot to give Newcastle the lead at halftime, and Harvey Barnes added a fourth.

Source: Aljazeera

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