Thursday’s briefing: Man City suffer in Paris while Battle of Britain approaches
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Manchester City’s Champions League fate will be decided by a home match with Club Brugge next week after they let a 2-0 lead slip to lose 4-2 at Paris St Germain. Arsenal are all-but through to the last 16 after they beat Dinamo Zagreb 3-0 while Celtic assured themselves of at least a play-off round after getting the better of Young Boys.
Manchester United are in action on Thursday in a ‘Battle of Britain’ against Rangers in the Europa League. Manchester City are in danger of crashing out of the Champions League after surrendering a 2-0 lead to lose 4-2 at Paris St Germain. Jack Grealish looked to have put the 2023 winners on course for a crucial victory at the Parc des Princes after coming off the bench to score and set up another goal for Erling Haaland.
But the hosts quickly levelled through Ousmane Dembele and Bradley Barcola before a Joao Neves header put PSG ahead 12 minutes from time and Goncalo Ramos had the final say in stoppage time. The defeat leaves City outside the top 24 in the league phase of the competition and needing to beat Club Brugge in their last game next week to reach the play-off round.
City boss Pep Guardiola said: “The best team won and we have one last chance at home against Brugge. Hopefully we can qualify.”. Declan Rice scored after just 104 seconds as Arsenal recorded a 3-0 win over Dinamo Zagreb at the Emirates Stadium to put them on the brink of automatic qualification for the Champions League last 16.
