It’s all over at the Parc des Princes and PSG have their destiny in their own hands now. They needed to win and that is exactly what they did.
Liverpool did not really offer much in attack and Gianluigi Buffon went largely untested. Liverpool now need to beat Napoli by two clear goals at Anfield in a fortnight to make it into the last 16.
- PSG 2-1 Liverpool (Full Time)
- Bernat nets opener (13)
- Neymar taps home second (37)
- Milner pen pulls one back (45+1)
- Champions League
- Penultimate Group C clash
A mistake from Virgil Van Dijk allowed Juan Bernat to put the French side in front, after a period of early dominance for the hosts.
PSG then doubled their lead after a quick breakaway was eventually tucked away by Neymar on the rebound after Alisson’s save from Edinson Cavani.
Liverpool pulled a goal back on the stroke of half-time, when James Milner slotted away a penalty after a foul on Sadio Mane .
But PSG held out for all three points, leaving Liverpool third in the group with one game to spare.
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Meanwhile, Tottenham kept their Champions League campaign alive thanks to Christian Eriksen’s winner as they beat Inter Milan 1-0 at Wembley.
After defeats in the reverse fixture in Italy and at home to Barcelona, this was a win or bust situation for the north Londoners and they left it late on a nervy night when substitute Eriksen slammed home with 10 minutes remaining.
- Spurs 1-0 Inter (Full Time)
- Eriksen opens scoring (80)
- Win or bust for Spurs
- Four changes by Poch
- Eriksen, Son on bench
- Penultimate Group B clash
The result means that Spurs, who go to already qualified Barcelona in the final Group B game, need to match or better Inter’s result against PSG to qualify.
