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Manchester City vs Paris Saint Germain has produced a competitive European history with a visible tilt toward City, but not a settled hierarchy. City won 2-0 in the 2021 semi-final return and 2-1 in Paris in the first leg, while Paris Saint Germain answered with a 4-2 home victory on 22 January 2025. The contrast keeps this high-level matchup open to reversal.
Past matches, Manchester City vs Paris Saint Germain
Match center
Starting eleven
Substitutes Paris Saint Germain
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10F
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33M
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9F
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21D
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48M
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35D
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3D
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24M
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42D
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39G
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80G
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11F
Manchester City Substitutes
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D
82
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M
10
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M
19
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M
87
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D
5
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D
68
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G
33
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M
75
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G
18
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M
56
Match events
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9'Rúben Dias Yellow Card
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23'Nuno Mendes Yellow Card
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45' +1Achraf Hakimi Goal cancelled
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46'J. Grealish Savinho
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46'R. Lewis Rúben Dias
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46'O. Dembélé Lee Kang-In
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46'R. Lewis Rúben Dias
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46'J. Grealish Savinho
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50'⚽J. Grealish Normal Goal
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53'⚽E. Haaland Normal Goal
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56'⚽O. Dembélé Normal Goal (Asst: B. Barcola)
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60'⚽B. Barcola Normal Goal
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61'W. Zaïre-Emery Fabián Ruiz
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61'Gonçalo Ramos D. Doué
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70'İ. Gündoğan M. Kovačić
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70'J. McAtee K. De Bruyne
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78'J. Stones Matheus Nunes
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78'⚽João Neves Normal Goal (Asst: Vitinha)
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81'L. Hernández B. Barcola
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90' +3⚽Gonçalo Ramos Normal Goal
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90' +6Gonçalo Ramos Goal confirmed
Stats for this game
Matchup Manchester City VS Paris Saint Germain
City’s knockout advantage
Manchester City established a strong direction in the 2016 and 2021 Champions League knockout meetings. The clubs drew 2-2 in Paris on 6 April 2016 before City won the return 1-0. Five years later, City again took control of the tie: a 2-1 away win on 28 April 2021 was followed by a 2-0 home victory on 4 May. Those results show City handling both venues effectively, while also keeping the evidence tied to major European contests rather than a simple venue effect.
Paris Saint Germain’s counterpoint
The balance cannot be reduced to City’s knockout successes. Paris Saint Germain won 2-0 at home on 28 September 2021, then defeated City 4-2 on 22 January 2025 after City had taken a 2-1 group-stage meeting in Manchester on 24 November 2021. That 4-2 result supplies a clear counterweight to the earlier pattern. Future meetings will test whether City’s broader advantage remains resilient or whether Paris Saint Germain can make the reversal more than an isolated response.