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Paris Saint-Germain lost to Manchester City on matchday five of the Champions League. But for Lionel Messi, the habit of helping the Citizens players continues.
City hosted PSG at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England, Thursday (25/11/2021) early morning WIB, on the fifth matchday of Group A of the Champions League. The game was tight from the start.
After a 0-0 draw in the first half, PSG took the lead in the 50th minute. Kylian Mbappe who broke into City’s goal.
However, the host can reply to two goals. Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus led City to end the match with a 2-1 win.
For Messi et al, the defeat was a reply from City, which previously could be bent 2-0 in Paris. Despite losing, Les Parisiens can accompany City to the round of 16, with the status of runners up in Group A.
In that match, the spotlight returned to Messi. The Argentine star still continues to help City players on the pitch.
In the match this morning, two City players again became victims of Messi’s nutmeg. Raheem Sterling and Joao Cancelo who are now embarrassed by La Pulga.
Sterling was hit by Messi’s nutmeg in the 5th minute. Trying to surround Messi with Oleksandr Zinchenko De Bruyne, Sterling could be passed by the PSG striker after the ball was passed from his leg gap.
Then Cancelo was also hit by a nutmeg from Messi near the end of the second half. On the touchline, Messi was able to slip the ball through Cancelo’s leg, but the City full-back’s hand then held Messi to the ground, earning him a yellow card.
Sterling and Cancelo add to the long list of City players who have been under Messi. Previously, many City players had felt humiliated by Messi.
Call it James Milner, Fernandinho, David Silva, and Ilkay Guendogan have been hit by a nutmeg from Messi. It was all done when Messi was in Barcelona uniform.
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