PSG Rides Early Surge to 4‑2 Win Over Manchester City

MANCHESTER (Interstat) — Paris Saint-Germain scored three goals in the opening 32 minutes and held off Manchester City for a 4-2 victory Wednesday at Etihad Stadium. Desire Doue opened the scoring in the 13th minute, Ousmane Dembele added another in the 15th and Vitinha made it 3-0 in the 32nd. Erling Haaland pulled one back for City in the 53rd, but Maghnes Akliouche restored PSG’s three-goal cushion in the 62nd. Haaland scored again in the 75th. Doue and Dembele each finished with a goal and an assist, while Fabian Ruiz and Warren Zaire-Emery added assists. City’s Iliman Ndiaye and Ayyoub Bouaddi also recorded assists. City’s Antoine Semenyo was booked in the 61st and PSG’s Zaire-Emery was cautioned in the 69th. PSG made substitutions after the break, removing Doue in the 66th, Dembele and Akliouche in the 76th, and Ruiz and Zaire-Emery in the 84th. City made three changes at halftime and one in the 90th. PSG improved to 1-0 in the competition and 4-1-2 overall. City dropped to 0-1 and 6-1 overall.