Man City took a 2-0 lead early in the second half, with goals from Jack Grealish and Erling Haaland. However, the home team PSG made a spectacular comeback to win 4-2. With this result, Man City only got 8 points in the UEFA Champions League group stage.
They are in 25th place and if they do not win against Club Brugge in the next round, Man City will be eliminated. This is a prospect that few people dared to think of before the start of this year's season, because Man City are the leading candidate for the championship.
“We have the last chance against Club Brugge and hopefully we can qualify. If we don’t win, we deserve to be out. Now we have to prepare for Chelsea and then Brugge. We have to move forward.
PSG played better than Man City in this match. They played faster, more aggressively, stronger and deserved to win," Guardiola said after the match.
The defeat to PSG marked the ninth time in the 2024-2025 season that Man City lost after taking the lead. This was also the third consecutive away loss for Pep Guardiola's team in the UEFA Champions League this season. The 2022-2023 European champions are at high risk of being eliminated.
According to Guardiola, Man City's defeat was due to the team's midfield not being able to dominate PSG's energetic midfield.
“After going 2-1 down, we couldn’t control the ball, the opponent did better. PSG had a player playing in the false nine position and that really made it difficult for us. Bernardo Silva and Kovacic couldn’t link up. PSG put on good pressure and controlled the game,” he said.
Midfielder Jack Grealish expressed his disappointment that Man City dropped the win after taking the lead. He told TNT Sports: “This season we have had many games where we have been one, two or three goals up and not been able to hold on to win. In other seasons we have controlled the game very well.
I don't know if it's a confidence issue. We have to change that ourselves to move forward and win next week's game against Club Brugge."
