PSG beat Man City 4-2 at the Etihad; Haaland becomes City's Champions League top scorer

Centre · 1Paris Saint-Germain beat Manchester City 4-2 at the Etihad Stadium in the Champions League, having led 3-0 in the first half. 1 Centre · 1PSG's scorers were Désiré Doué, Ousmane Dembélé, Vitinha and Maghnes Akliouche. 1 Left · 1The Guardian describes Doué opening the scoring with a low shot from outside the area, Dembélé heading in 75 seconds later from Doué's cross, and Vitinha adding a third with a low drive after a backheel assist from Warren Zaïre-Emery. 2

Mixed · 2Erling Haaland scored twice for City, which made him the club's record goalscorer in the competition, with 38 goals from 41 appearances, according to the Evening Standard. 1 2 Centre · 1CNA reports that the second of his goals made him the fastest player to reach 60 Champions League goals, in 60 games, against Lionel Messi's previous record of 80. 3 Left · 1The Guardian says Haaland's first goal was a header into the far corner from a ball whipped in by Iliman Ndiaye, who had come on at half-time in a triple change by City manager Enzo Maresca. 2

Mixed · 2City had many chances in a frantic second half, including hitting the woodwork twice, but Akliouche's shot from outside the area made it 4-1 after the ball dropped back down off goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma's attempted palm. 1 2 Centre · 2According to CNA, Doué and Dembélé scored less than two minutes apart, Vitinha made it 3-0 in the 32nd minute, Haaland scored in the 53rd and 75th minutes, and RFI puts Akliouche's goal in the 63rd minute; Haaland's second came from Ayyoub Bouaddi's pass. 3 4 Mixed · 2PSG missed a late penalty, which the Guardian says was weak and too close to Donnarumma. 1 2

Mixed · 2The penalty was taken by Ferran Torres and saved by Donnarumma, who had earlier been caught out by Doué's opener; Al Jazeera, France 24 and AFP note that PSG had let the Italian goalkeeper go months after he helped them win their first Champions League title in 2025. 3 5 Mixed · 2Pep Guardiola, who stood down as City manager at the end of last season, returned to the Etihad for the first time since, watching from the stands behind chair Khaldoon al-Mubarak and chief executive Ferran Soriano. 1 2 Mixed · 2It was City's first home match since an independent commission's verdict last month found the club guilty of serious financial irregularities, and the Standard says fans continued to show defiance. The Guardian says Guardiola has backed his former employers to disprove the verdicts on the 100-plus charges. 1 2

Mixed · 2CNA says City were found guilty of 114 breaches of financial rules, have denied all wrongdoing and have appealed; Al Jazeera and AFP say the club face swingeing sanctions unless the appeal against the independent commission's ruling succeeds. 3 5 Mixed · 2Before kick-off City showed a video of the club's history, only briefly referring to the verdict, and supporters displayed banners and cards reading "I'm City till I die" or "CTID". 5 3 Left · 1The Guardian adds that City fans booed the Uefa anthem, and that PSG's starting XI included seven players on the 30-man Ballon d'Or shortlist. 2

Centre · 1RFI reports the result put PSG top of the 36-team league phase after two of eight games, with City 17th; PSG's Vitinha said "This is just the beginning" and Dembélé said the team relaxed a little in the second half. 4 Mixed · 2Al Jazeera, France 24 and AFP describe PSG as favourites to win the competition for a third consecutive season, and call PSG, which they describe as Qatar-owned, and City two state-backed projects that have reshaped European football. 5 6