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Warren Zaïre-Emery’s opener was quickly cancelled out by Nahuel Molina in the first half of a largely disappointing match which ended with Ángel Correa stabbing in the winner three minutes into added time.
On four points from as many games, PSG are 25th in the 36-team league, six points behind fellow Ligue 1 teams Monaco and Brest, while Atléti moved out of the red zone with six points.
PSG next travel to Bayern Munich and RB Salzburg, and they were, once again, left ruing their missed chances.
“We tried and tried, right up to the last minute,” said ,” said the PSG midfielder Vitinha. “Unfortunately, we conceded a goal on their last chance. Would things be easier with a real centre-forward? Well, you never know. That’s our gameplan. We’ll get better at it.”
Bayern bounced back from their 4-1 defeat in Barcelona in their previous Champions League match with a 1-0 home win against Benfica thanks to Jamal Musiala’s bullet header. The Germany midfielder scored from close range in the 67th minute. Bayern had dominated the match and missed several chances before breaking the deadlock. The result lifts Bayern into 17th place with Benfica, who were toothless in attack, also on six points in 19th.
Robert Lewandowski struck twice as Barcelona cruised to a 5-2 victory against Red Star Belgrade in Serbia.
The Poland striker scored his 17th and 18th goals of the season in his 16th match, and notched his 98th in the Champions League as Barçca made it seven straight wins in all competitions. Red Star forward Silas cancelled out Iñigo Martínez’s header, but Lewandowski restored Barça’s lead before the interval and added his second before Raphinha and Fermín López put gloss on the …
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