Haaland's double not enough as PSG beat Manchester City 4-2
Paris Saint-Germain led 3-0 at half-time at the Etihad and held on against Erling Haaland's two second-half goals.
Paris Saint-Germain beat Manchester City 4-2 at the Etihad Stadium in a Champions League league-phase clash on 14 October, per Sky Sports. Pacy’s match stats show PSG 3-0 up at half-time, and Erling Haaland’s two second-half goals were not enough to change the result.
Three goals inside 32 minutes
Pacy’s match stats record PSG’s opening three goals. Désiré Doué struck in the 13th minute, assisted by Fabián Ruiz. Ousmane Dembélé headed in two minutes later from a Doué assist, and Vitinha’s shot from the centre of the box in the 32nd minute came from a pass by Warren Zaïre-Emery. Sky Sports gives the same scorers and minutes.
Enzo Maresca apologised for the first half. “We are sorry for the first half for sure,” he said, per VAVEL. City had no goal until the 53rd minute, per Pacy’s match stats.
A better second half, but not enough
Pacy’s match stats show Haaland heading City’s first goal in the 53rd minute from Iliman Ndiaye’s cross. Maghnes Akliouche’s left-foot strike from outside the box in the 62nd minute restored PSG’s three-goal lead at 4-1. Haaland’s right-foot finish in the 75th minute, assisted by Ayyoub Bouaddi, made it 4-2.
Maresca said City were “much better” after the break and “probably deserved something more,” per VAVEL. Pacy’s match stats also record Ferran Torres’s penalty in the 90th minute, saved by Gianluigi Donnarumma.
The numbers behind it
Expected goals, per 101 Great Goals, put City at 2.53 and PSG at 1.89, and the table shows how City’s territory compared with PSG’s finishing.
| Team stat | Manchester City | Paris Saint-Germain |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 53.9% | 46.1% |
| Shots | 27 | 15 |
| On goal | 9 | 10 |
| Corner kicks | 11 | 2 |
| Accurate passes | 423 of 499 | 374 of 444 |
| Blocked shots | 8 | 2 |
| Fouls | 10 | 11 |
| Saves | 6 | 6 |
Figures in the table are from Pacy’s match stats, which also show 13 effective tackles for City and 11 for PSG.
Key players
Haaland had eight shots and two goals, while Donnarumma made six saves. Vitinha had three shots and 46 accurate passes for PSG, and Elliot Anderson completed 58 accurate passes for City, all per Pacy’s match stats.
Changes and cards
City made three changes in the 45th minute: Iliman Ndiaye for Jérémy Doku, Matheus Nunes for Rúben Dias and Ayyoub Bouaddi for Rayan Cherki. PSG’s changes started in the 66th minute, when Khvicha Kvaratskhelia replaced Désiré Doué, and in the 76th minute Ferran Torres and João Neves came on for Ousmane Dembélé and Maghnes Akliouche. Antoine Semenyo was booked in the 61st minute and Warren Zaïre-Emery in the 69th, and neither side received a red card, per Pacy’s match stats.
Where the table stands
Pacy’s standings show PSG first in the league phase on six points from two wins, with a goal difference of +7, level on record with Barcelona and Aston Villa. City are 17th on three points from one win and one defeat, with a goal difference of 0. 101 Great Goals notes the league phase has 36 teams and puts PSG on 10 goals scored and three conceded after two matchdays.
City’s previous game, per Pacy’s records, was a 3-0 Premier League win at Liverpool on 11 October. PSG have won all three of their recorded Ligue 1 games, scoring six and conceding two: 3-1 at home to Le Mans on 10 October, 2-1 away at Marseille on 20 September and 1-0 away at Brest on 13 September.
What comes next
City’s next fixture is a Premier League game on Saturday, per VAVEL. Pep Guardiola, City’s former manager, attended the match as a spectator, per 101 Great Goals. Sky Sports quotes Maresca on the defeat: “If you don’t go toe-to-toe, you struggle.” He added: “We are there, to be honest. My feeling is that we are close.”