Lionel Messi was a question mark ahead of Tuesday night’s heavyweight meeting in the Champions League group stage, as he missed the last two league matches due to a knee injury.
But the Argentine was in the squad, and he was also part of the eleven Mauricio Pochettino mustered against Manchester City. And after three goalless matches, Messi scored his first goal for PSG, which he joined last summer.
The Paris club led 1-0 after the first half after a goal by Idrissa Gueye, and in the second half the arena exploded again – albeit higher – when Messi extended the lead. After a fine wall play with attacking colleague Kylian Mbappé, he bent the ball behind a chanceless Ederson in the City goal.
Lacked efficiency
Manchester City, with Messi’s former coach Pep Guardiola, created plenty of chances but lacked efficiency and never managed to get a hole in Gianluigi Donnarumma.
PSG’s victory means that they top Group A, the same points (4) as Club Brugge. A Bruges that beat Emil Forsberg’s Leipzig.
The article is updated.
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