Paris Saint-Germain beat Manchester City 4-2 at the Etihad in their second Champions League league-phase match, Bongda24h reports. Three first-half goals gave the visitors a substantial advantage. Erling Haaland scored twice after the interval, but City could not recover the deficit.
A decisive first-half lead
Désiré Doué opened the scoring following Fabian Ruiz's pass in a transition move. Ousmane Dembélé combined with Doué for the second goal, and Vitinha added a third. The report is inconsistent about the exact minute of Vitinha's finish, so the scoring sequence is retained without asserting that timestamp.
Luis Enrique started Warren Zaïre-Emery and Maghnes Akliouche, keeping João Neves and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia among the substitutes. Enzo Maresca selected Jeremy Doku and changed City's full-backs. Those choices did not prevent PSG establishing control before halftime.
City's improvement does not overturn the result
Maresca made three halftime changes. Haaland headed in Ndiaye's delivery, only for Akliouche to restore PSG's three-goal cushion. The City forward later converted Bouaddi's low cross for his second, and Matvey Safonov prevented a late hat-trick.
At the other end, Gianluigi Donnarumma saved Ferran Torres's penalty, leaving the final score at 4-2. Before this meeting, City had won their opening six Premier League matches and beaten Porto 2-0 in Europe. PSG's first European fixture had brought a 6-1 win against Slovan Bratislava. Those earlier results provide the context for the Etihad encounter, without determining what will happen in subsequent rounds.