PARIS: The chasm of Champions League elimination has opened up for 2023 winners Manchester City after they dropped a two-goal lead and were ultimately swamped 4-2 by Paris Saint-Germain in a seething Parc des Princes.

PSG staged one of their finest modern performances in the competition to lift themselves out of the elimination zone.

Goals from Ousmane Dembele, Bradley Barcola, Joao Neves and Goncalo Ramos in stoppage time overturned the advantage which City had snatched through Jack Grealish and Erling Haaland in the opening eight minutes of the second half.

Haaland’s goal was his 23rd of the season in all competitions and his 47th in 46 Champions League appearances; in the end the statistics went unremarked.

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