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Champions League: PSG beat Barcelona 4-2 in Paris

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Champions League: PSG beat Barcelona 4-2 in ParisSandro Halank, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Paris Saint-Germain beat FC Barcelona 4-2 in the Champions League, with goals from Désiré Doué and Vitinha among those helping to end the Catalan club’s run of 11 matches unbeaten this season. The match was played at the Parc des Princes, according to the report by the outlet behind the article.

Paris Saint-Germain beat FC Barcelona 4-2 at the Parc des Princes in the Champions League, ending the Catalan club’s run of 11 matches unbeaten since the start of its season, MyJoyOnline reports. Désiré Doué opened the scoring in the 38th minute, before goals from Lucas Hernandez, Vitinha and Fabian Ruiz for Paris.

Xavi Espart and Lamine Yamal scored for Barcelona. After Yamal made it 2-2, Vitinha restored PSG’s lead less than two minutes later, then Ruiz sealed the result by meeting a cross from Achraf Hakimi. The match came in a Champions League campaign in which the two teams had already met 16 times, according to our previous article on PSG and Barça’s head-to-head record.

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