Paris Saint-Gmain maintained their perfect start to the 2026/2027 Champions League season with another impressive win against one of the title favourites, Barcelona.
The Parc Des Princes was loud and vociferous as the home fans cheered their team to a comfortable 4-2 win over Hansi Flick’s Barcelona on Tuesday night.
The reigning champions started the night with an injury concern as Ousmane Dembele came off after 20 minutes and was replaced by Spanish forward Ferran Torres.
Brazilian forward Raphinha had the first attempt on goal on the night as he powered a low drive into the middle of goal, but Russian goalie Matvey Safonov calmly stopped the ball from crossing the goal line.
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Ferran Torres missed the opportunity to put PSG ahead against his former side as Joan Garcia pulled off a brilliant save to deny him.
The breakthrough came in the 38th minute as French forward Desire Doue rifled a low drive from the edge of the box to put the champions ahead off a pass from João Neres.
The lead lasted until the 55th minute as 19-year-old full-back Xavi Espart expertly placed a lovely finish into the back of the net from Fermin Lopez’s sublime pass.
PSG suffered further injury setbacks as captain Marquinhos came off injured and was replaced by Ilya Zabarnyi, while Kvaratskhelia came off for Akliouche.
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Hansi Flick also made substitutions, although not forced by injuries, as Karim Adeyemi came on for Raphinha while Rodri replaced Marc Bernal.
Lucas Hernandez restored PSG’s lead in the 72nd minutend minute from a header in the box off a well-measured corner kick from Desire Doue.
Lamine Yamal powered a brilliant effort from range a few minutes later to restore parity for the visitors with about 11 minutes left on the clock.
With the Blaugrana chasing a comeback win, Vitinha and Achraf Hakimi condemned them to defeat with a goal apiece in four minutes to seal the 4-2 win.
Paris Saint-Germain have now defeated Barcelona three times in a row in the Champions League as they sit on top of the league with maximum points.
Elsewhere, Manchester City and Liverpool recorded big wins at home. Liverpool produced a sublime performance at Anfield as the Reds came from two goals down to beat Villarreal in a seven-goal thriller
Georges Mikautadze put the visitors ahead in the fourth minute while Sergi Cardona scored again in the 29th minute to send the away fans into a frenzy.
However, it didn’t last as Alexi MacAllister and Ronaldo Araújo scored within seven minutes to put Liverpool back into the game before halftime.
MacAllister and Wirtz scored after the hour mark to put Liverpool 4-2 up, while Canadian striker of Nigerian descent, Tanitoluwa Okuwaseyi reduced the deficit three minutes from time.
Manchester City bounced back from their 4-2 loss to PSG last week in style as they condemned Greek side AEK Athens to a 5-1 loss. Phil Foden bagged his first-ever Champions League hat-trick, while Elliot Anderson and Rayan also got on the score sheet in a five-star performance by the Cityzens at the Etihad.
