UEFA Champions League

PSG vs Man City 2021-22 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage

Paris Saint-Germain
  • 8': Idrissa Gueye
  • 74': Lionel Messi
FT
2 - 0
Manchester City

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    Match Commentary

    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 8': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Manchester City 0. Idrissa Gueye (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner.
    • 24': João Cancelo (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 39': Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 45'+5': First Half ends, Paris Saint Germain 1, Manchester City 0.
    • 68': Substitution, Manchester City. Phil Foden replaces Jack Grealish.
    • 74': Goal! Paris Saint Germain 2, Manchester City 0. Lionel Messi (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé.
    • 77': Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 78': Substitution, Manchester City. Gabriel Jesus replaces Raheem Sterling.
    • 78': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Georginio Wijnaldum replaces Marco Verratti.
    • 90': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Danilo Pereira replaces Idrissa Gueye.
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Paris Saint Germain 2, Manchester City 0.

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA Champions League

    Venue: Parc des Princes
    Location: Paris, France
    Attendance: 37,350

    UEFA Champions League Standings

    POS TEAM GP GD PTS
    +6 Bayern Munich 2 6 0
    +6 Real Madrid 2 6 0
    +5 Paris Saint-Germain 2 6 0
    +5 Internazionale 2 6 0
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    Statistics

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    12 Fouls 8
    2 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    3 Offsides 3
    10 Corner Kicks 2
    1 Saves 7
    54.1 Possession 45.9
    18 SHOTS 6
    7 ON GOAL 3
    0.4 On Target % 0.5
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    476 Accurate Passes 405
    533 Passes 469
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
    6 Accurate Crosses 0
    32 Crosses 4
    0.2 Cross % 0.0
    48 Long Balls 37
    38 Accurate Long Balls 19
    0.8 Long Balls % 0.5
    4 Blocked Shots 0
    11 Effective Tackles 8
    27 Tackles 14
    0.4 Tackle % 0.6
    10 Interceptions 10
    3 Effective Clearances 37
    3 Clearances 37

    Line-Ups

    PSG Paris Saint-Germain (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    50 Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK)
    3 Presnel Kimpembe
    5 Marquinhos
    25 Nuno Mendes
    2 Achraf Hakimi
    6 Marco Verratti Yellow Card
    27 Idrissa Gueye
    21 Ander Herrera
    7 Kylian Mbappé
    10 Neymar
    30 Lionel Messi
    Substitutes:
    Colin Dagba, Keylor Navas, Junior Dina Ebimbe, Alexandre Letellier, Abdou Diallo, Leandro Paredes, Mauro Icardi, Thilo Kehrer, Julian Draxler, Layvin Kurzawa, Danilo Pereira, Georginio Wijnaldum.

    MNC Manchester City (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    31 Ederson (GK)
    14 Aymeric Laporte
    3 Rúben Dias
    27 João Cancelo Yellow Card
    2 Kyle Walker
    16 Rodri
    17 Kevin De Bruyne Yellow Card
    20 Bernardo Silva
    7 Raheem Sterling
    10 Jack Grealish
    26 Riyad Mahrez
    Substitutes:
    Fernandinho, John Stones, Scott Carson, Ferran Torres, Nathan Aké, James McAtee, Josh Wilson-Esbrand, Gabriel Jesus, Phil Foden, Zack Steffen.

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