PSG beat Barcelona 4-2 with three goals in 14 minutes to top the Champions League
Champions League holders Paris Saint-Germain beat Barcelona 4–2 at the Parc des Princes on Tuesday night. The match was level at 2–2 with 11 minutes left before Vitinha and Fabián Ruiz settled it.
How the goals came
Doué opened the scoring in the 38th minute. PSG won the ball from a Barcelona pass out of defence, and he drove to the edge of the box and shot low into the corner, BBC Sport reported. He has now scored in each of his past three appearances, after failing to score in his first seven games of the season.
Barcelona levelled ten minutes into the second half. Espart, a 19-year-old full-back, beat goalkeeper Matvey Safonov at his near post.
Hernández headed PSG back in front from a corner in the 72nd minute. Seven minutes later Lamine Yamal turned Warren Zaïre-Emery, ran into the box and squeezed a shot between Safonov and the post to make it 2–2.
Less than two minutes later, Vitinha chested the ball down and volleyed into the bottom corner. Ruiz then tapped in Achraf Hakimi's low cross in the 86th minute.
Two keepers, two very different nights
Barcelona goalkeeper Joan García made ten saves, according to BBC Sport's match data. PSG hit the woodwork twice, including Khvicha Kvaratskhelia striking the post after 79 seconds.
PSG also lost Ousmane Dembélé to injury after 20 minutes. His replacement, Ferran Torres, hit the post in the second half against his former club.
| PSG | Barcelona | |
|---|---|---|
| Shots | 22 | 18 |
| On target | 14 | 5 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 3.73 | 2.19 |
| Possession | 46.9% | 53.1% |
Source: BBC Sport match stats.
The rest of Tuesday's games
Liverpool came from 2–0 down to beat Villarreal 4–3 at Anfield. Alexis Mac Allister scored twice and Florian Wirtz got the winner, UEFA said.
| Result | Key fact (UEFA) |
|---|---|
| Man City 5–1 AEK Athens | Phil Foden hat-trick |
| Napoli 4–3 Bodø/Glimt | Scott McTominay scored twice; Napoli's first win of the league phase |
| Sabah 1–2 Dortmund | Serhou Guirassy double in Baku |
| Roma 4–0 Slovan Bratislava | Slovan's 11th straight Champions League defeat |
| Porto 0–1 PSV | Guus Til the scorer; Porto without a point after three games |
| Stuttgart 1–1 Atlético Madrid | Ten-man Atlético held on |
| Fenerbahçe 2–2 Slavia Prague | Pavel Kačor equalised in the 90th minute |
