PSG Dazzles in First Half; City 2-4 PSG | Enrique Gets Revenge After 458 Days

Winning the title in Guardiola's presence was especially sweet for Luis Enrique. A 458-day revenge against Enzo Maresca.

According to Sports Three, Paris Saint-Germain appeared unstoppable in the first half of tonight's match at Manchester City's home and eventually beat City by four to two at Etihad Stadium. Tonight, Enzo Maresca experienced his first major European defeat on the bench of the Citizens.

During Luis Enrique's presence on the Paris bench, few teams were able to put pressure on PSG in the 2025 Club World Cup finals like Chelsea led by Enzo Maresca. Maresca got into trouble with Chelsea and did not let Paris Saint-Germain's historic week come true. Tonight, 458 days after that bitter final for Enrique, the Spanish head coach took a tough revenge on his Italian counterpart in the first serious test of the season and on a night when Pep Guardiola was watching from the stands. It was in the match that Manchester City played at home for the first time after being heavily convicted in the case of financial violations of the Premier League and intended to show itself, but lost badly to Enrique and his team.

The match started at a fast pace and City could even have scored after a poor save by Matov Safonov, but the ball hit the Paris post. After that, Enrique's students took the initiative and scored in the 13th minute. Fabien Ruiz's pass to the left wing was turned into an opportunity by Desiree Doue's technical penetration, and the French striker opened the scoring for Gianluigi Donnarumma with a low shot.

Just one minute later, Doue set up Ousmane Dembele with a precise pass to the second goal and Ousmane made it 2-0 with a header. The confusion of City's defense was completed in the 32nd minute by Vitinia's unstoppable shot from behind the penalty area. The movement of Magnes Akliosh and the kick behind the leg of Warren Zaire should not be overlooked in this scene. All the media headlined City was slaughtered and they went to the dressing room like a defeated army.

At the beginning of the second half, Maresca took a big risk and at the same time replaced Ruben Diaz, Ryan Sherky and Jeremy Duko, and Mateus Nunez, Ayoub Bouadi and Iliman Ndiaye entered the field.

City took an aggressive rhythm with these changes and Erling Holland opened the door for Safonov with a spectacular header. A lasting goal that made the Norwegian striker, passing Sergio Aguero, the best scorer in the history of Manchester City in the Champions League.

Despite the hosts hoping for a comeback, Aklios scored Paris's fourth goal after Donnarumma's not-so-confident save to make things more difficult for City.

However, Maresca's disciples continued their attacks. Enzo Fernandez's shot hit the crossbar and Yushko Guardiol's header on the goal line was blocked by Nuno Mendez, until in the 75th minute, Holland doubled the score by receiving a spectacular pass from Boadi and made the difference two goals.

In the last minutes, Safonov took the chance of a hat trick from Holland, and on the other side of the field, Donnarumma blocked the penalty kick of Fran Torres, and the Parisians finally passed the Manchester disaster with a sweet advantage of four to two.