Kingsley Coman got here again to hang-out Paris St Germain once more as he earned Bayern Munich a 1-0 win on the Parc des Princes of their Champions League last-16 first leg on Tuesday.
Born in Paris and raised at PSG, Coman scored the one aim when Bayern beat the French aspect within the 2020 Champions League closing and he was once more the only real scorer because the German champions put one foot into the quarter-finals.
PSG, who’ve now misplaced 5 video games in all competitions in 2023, held agency within the opening half however had been finally subdued and didn’t battle again regardless of ending the sport with Kylian Mbappe, Neymar and Lionel Messi all on the pitch.
Christophe Galtier’s aspect now face the prospect of a second elimination in a row within the final 16 on March 8 in Munich, though Mbappe’s high-octane show as a second-half substitute could have given them hope.
“We performed very well within the first 25 minutes and the very best workforce on the night time received. It is an necessary victory however there is a second leg coming,” Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann mentioned.
“We had been dominant and aggressive at first. Then they began to search out some depth when Mbappe got here on.”
“We had a tricky hour in opposition to a workforce who loved possession and pressed excessive,” mentioned Galtier. “Conceding that aim earlier than Kylian got here on was a pity however they deserved to attain.”
MBAPPE BACK FROM INJURY
The stadium got here to the boil when Mbappe changed Carlos Soler, elevating hopes that the France ahead would bail out PSG on his comeback from a two-week harm layoff.
Earlier than that, Eric Choupo-Moting had come near doubling the tally for Bayern on two events, earlier than Gianluigi Donnarumma absolutely stretched to parry Benjamin Pavard’s header within the sixty fourth.
Mbappe had little to supply till the 74th, when he was denied from shut vary by Yann Sommer and had a aim dominated out for offside.
He discovered the again of the online once more seven minutes from time however once more was denied the equaliser for an offside place.
With Mbappe initially on the bench however Messi and Marco Verratti again within the beginning line-up following accidents, the 16-year-old Warren Zaire-Emery, on the best wing of a 4-4-2 designed to strengthen the midfield, turned the youngest participant to begin a Champions League knockout sport.
PSG took the primary punches however threatened on the break in an intense, but uneventful, first half, and easily waited for some Neymar or Messi magic.
Bayern had been removed from spectacular both, with their solely clear probability coming within the forty third minute when Joshua Kimmich’s 20-metre try was blocked by Donnarumma.
Bayern scored eight minutes into the second half when Coman latched on to a cross from Alphonso Davies, giving the guests a deserved benefit.
They held on, regardless of dropping Pavard to a crimson card in stoppage time, at hand PSG their first defeat within the competitors this season.
MILAN BEAT SPURS
An early aim was sufficient for troubled AC Milan to edge Tottenham 1-0 on Tuesday in its first Champions League knockout match in practically 10 years.
Brahim Díaz netted within the seventh minute to offer Milan a slender benefit to take to London when the groups meet once more within the second leg of the spherical of 16 on March 8.
However the Rossoneri might be left counting the price of two late missed alternatives that their coach thought had been going to finish up at the back of the online.
“The 2 possibilities for Charles (De Ketelaere) and Malick (Thiaw) had been necessary, I used to be already celebrating on the bench,” Milan coach Stefano Pioli mentioned. “2-0 would have been a greater outcome clearly as a result of we’re positive that the return match can be as shut, as troublesome.
“However I can’t be something however pleased with the workforce’s efficiency at this time.”
It was a depressing return to San Siro for Tottenham supervisor Antonio Conte, who endured solely his second loss in opposition to Milan in 15 matches as coach. The previous Inter Milan and Juventus coach had engineered 10 victories over the Rossoneri.
“I’m not upset with the efficiency,” Conte mentioned. “A few of the gamers want to search out their perception once more. However there was plenty of dedication and need from all of them. My job is to indicate the gamers that I’ve plenty of perception in them.”
It was additionally Tottenham’s second straight defeat since Conte returned to the dugout following gallbladder surgical procedure. Spurs misplaced 4-1 at Leicester within the Premier League on Saturday.
For Milan, it’s a additional signal that issues could be turning round after a tricky run. Milan was winless in its previous seven matches, together with dropping its earlier 4 matches, earlier than Friday’s 1-0 win over Torino.