The two superclubs, backed by Qatar and Abu Dhabi respectively, have surged to domestic dominance over the last decade, however, reaching the pinnacle of European football has remained an elusive feat. Pep Guardiola has failed to reach a Champions League final since leaving Barcelona but ensured City finally broke their quarter-final curse with an emphatic victory over Borussia Dortmund earlier this month. The club’s ambition to win the tournament has never been a secret, yet the Spaniard attempted to play down expectation ahead of tonight’s tie. “I don’t want to win tomorrow, I don’t want to go to a final,” he said. The dream is to be ourselves.”
PSG, meanwhile, fell at the final hurdle last year, defeated by Bayern Munich in the final. They have been magnificent en route to the last four this season, though, thrashing Barcelona in the last-16 before avenging that loss to Bayern in the quarter-finals. Neymar and Kylian Mbappe are both fit to start and thriving under Mauricio Pochettino, who is also aiming to clinch European glory for the first time after falling short with Tottenham in 2019. Follow all the action below live:
PSG go long, looking to exploit the speed of Mbappe in behind. Dias gets an important touch to take the ball into Ederson’s path. Both sides are showing glimpses of their attacking quality early on here.
Marquinhos has to be alert to come across and beat De Bruyne to a through ball from Mahrez, who had wriggled away from a couple of challenges on the right.
An early scare for City as Rodri is robbed of the ball in midfield and Mbappe surges forward. He slides a pass through to Neymar, whose low shot is easy for Ederson.
It’s over five years since Manchester City last played against PSG, facing the French champions in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Manuel Pellegrini’s team came out on top, winning 3-2 on aggregate thanks to a goal from Kevin De Bruyne in the second leg.
Pep Guardiola will make history tonight, drawing level with Carlo Ancelotti as the coach with the most matches in the knockout stages of the Champions League (62).
"I think we are really lucky to work at PSG because it's an amazing club with amazing players. It's not easy to improve them, they are great players, world champions, but they listen and they are humble and they want to improve every day. I'm personally very happy to challenge Manchester City because Pep is for me the best coach in the world. They have players who can dominate you. We know how they play, their different tactics. We really believe we can beat them. We are brave and we are going to try to dominate them. In our mind there is only one thing: to win."
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