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Paris Saint-Germain clinch victory in nine-goal thriller to earn Champions League advantage over Bayern Munich

The Independent·Phil Blanche·7 months ago
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Paris St Germain and Bayern Munich produced an epic Champions League semi-final as the French holders claimed a 5-4 first-leg victory at Parc des Princes.

In what was the highest-scoring semi-final game in the competition’s history, PSG recovered from an early Harry Kane penalty – the England captain’s 54th goal of the season – to lead 5-2 after 58 minutes.

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Ousmane Dembele both scored twice and Joao Neves added a thumping header.

Michael Olise had rifled home a superb equaliser to make it 2-2, but the tie was slipping away from Bayern until Dayot Upamecano and Luis Diaz underlined their resolve.

Bayern boss Vincent Kompany was serving a touchline ban after picking up three yellow cards in the tournament.

PSG fans demanded a spot-kick for Aleksandar Pavlovic’s tackle on Dembele, but it was the other penalty spot that Swiss referee Sandro Scharer was soon pointing at.

A swift Bayern counter-attack after 17 minutes ended with Olise feeding Diaz and Willian Pacho clattering the…

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