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Paris St Germain restarted their Champions League campaign with a 2-1 win over Liverpool in Group C on Wednesday, leaving the English club hope to reach the last 16 games.
Football Football – Champions League – Group Stage – Group C – Paris St Germain – Liverpool – Parc des Princes, Paris, France – November 28, 2018 Paris Saint Germain Neymar celebrates with Kylian Mbappe at the end of the match REUTERS / Benoit Tessier
PARIS: Paris St Germain revived its Champions League campaign with a 2-1 win over Liverpool in Group C on Wednesday, leaving the English club hope to reach the last 16 outstanding games.
PSG left as a team determined to prove its reputation on the big European stage and passed in the 13th minute by Juan Bernat, before Neymar went to 2-0 eight minutes before half-time after a counter-attack PSG.
However, with the French champions in cruise control, Angel Di Maria forced Sadio Mane to concede a penalty kick, which James Milner converted in stoppage time in the first period, to give hope to Liverpool.
The visitors however did not find a tie, losing a third group defeat to the outside – the first time they lost the three group matches away from Anfield. in the Champions League.
The result is that the PSG ahead of Liverpool, with eight points out of six, with Napoli leading the group to nine and all that remains to play in the last round.
Liverpool starts the match against Napoli at Anfield and must win 1-0, by two goals or more, to secure their place in the knockout stages, while PSG will impose against the Red Star of Belgrade.
Eager to mark the spirits on the European scene, having not reached the semi-finals of the Champions League since 1995, the PSG received a boost before the match. Neymar and Kylian Mbappe both spoke.
The duo caused a lot of problems to Liverpool's back line from the start. Goalkeeper Alisson was forced to take the advantage on a smart shot to prevent Di Maria and Mbappe from shooting the Brazilian.
Bernat then danced in Liverpool 's box after jumping on Virgil van Dijk' s low clearance to break the deadlock.
After Mbappe and Neymar combined on the left, the Frenchman played for Edinson Cavani, whose efforts were spared only by Neymar to convert the rebound, becoming the best Brazilian in the history of the Champions League .
After Milner found Liverpool in the match, the old PSG, who suffered many disappointments in the Champions League against high-caliber opponents, may have left the mishap in his head.
However, they held on as Liverpool pressed after the break and was still close to the goal, when Marquinhos's ball header was brilliantly saved by Alisson.
(Peter Hall report, edited by Toby Davis and Ian Chadband)
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