PSG Beats Barcelona 4–2, Hands It First Loss of Season
Vitinha and Fabián Ruiz score in the last 10 minutes after Lamine Yamal ties it, and the holders move level with Liverpool at the top
Barcelona had gone 11 games without a loss to start the season. Paris Saint-Germain ended that run at Parc des Princes, scoring twice in five minutes after Lamine Yamal had tied the match 2–2 in the 79th minute.
Désiré Doué gave Paris a 1–0 halftime lead and had a goal and an assist and was named player of the match. Ferran Torres hit the post for Barcelona before Paris's second goal. Xavi Espart, Barcelona's 19-year-old right back, equalized in the 55th minute, and Lucas Hernández headed Paris back in front from Doué's corner in the 72nd. After Yamal's goal, Vitinha scored from the edge of the box in the 81st minute and Fabián Ruiz finished Achraf Hakimi's cross in the 86th.
The teams took 40 shots between them, 22 by Paris. Paris, the defending champion, has nine points from three matches and is level with Liverpool at the top of the league phase. Barcelona has six.
Vitinha and Fabián Ruiz scored in the last 10 minutes, and Paris Saint-Germain beat Barcelona 4–2 at Parc des Princes to win its third straight Champions League match and hand Barcelona its first loss of the season.
The crowd was 47,421, and Michael Oliver refereed.
Paris pressed from the start. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia hit the post in the second minute, and Paris kept winning the ball high up the field through the first half. Barcelona goalkeeper Joan García kept the score level. Ousmane Dembélé went off injured in the first half and was replaced by Ferran Torres, whom García stopped twice.
Désiré Doué broke through in the 38th minute. After an interception, he drove to the edge of the penalty area and shot low into the bottom left corner. Paris led 1–0 at halftime.
Barcelona tied it 10 minutes into the second half. Xavi Espart played a one-two with Fermín López and finished from the center of the box in the 55th minute.
Torres hit the post from close range, and moments later Paris went back ahead. Doué's corner in the 72nd minute found Lucas Hernández, who headed it in.
Lamine Yamal answered seven minutes later. He turned past Warren Zaïre-Emery and scored from a tight angle on the right to make it 2–2 in the 79th minute.
Less than two minutes after that, Vitinha took a clearance on his chest at the edge of the box and drove it into the bottom corner. In the 86th minute, Achraf Hakimi sent a low cross to the back post, and Ruiz finished it from close range.
Paris took 22 shots, 14 of them on target, and García made 10 saves. Barcelona took 18 shots, five on target, and had 52.9 percent of possession. Barcelona had three corners to Paris's two, and João Cancelo received the match's only yellow card.
Doué had a goal and an assist and was named player of the match.
The loss was Barcelona's first of the season after an 11-game unbeaten start.
Paris, the defending champion, has nine points and is level with Liverpool at the top of the league phase. Barcelona has six.
On November 3, Paris plays at Villarreal and Barcelona hosts Aston Villa.