PSG beat Manchester City in Champions League after financial rules verdict

Paris Saint-Germain further soured the mood at the Etihad Stadium as Manchester City's first home game since the guilty verdict on widespread flouting of Premier League financial rules ended in a 4-2 Champions League defeat on Wednesday. The European champions turned on the style to strike three times inside the opening 35 minutes through Desire Doue, Ousmane Dembele and Vitinha. But City stormed back in the second half as Erling Haaland scored twice either side of Maghnes Akliouche's strike that briefly restored PSG's three-goal cushion. The 10-time English champions face swingeing sanctions unless they can successfully appeal the ruling of an independent commission last month, which found the club guilty on over 100 charges of financial impropriety. City shrugged off the uncertainty over their future to win 3-0 at Liverpool on Sunday and remain top of the Premier League, but PSG showed why they are the favourites to win this competition for a third consecutive season. Read moreChampions League: Arsenal leave no chance to Lille and Olivier Giroud Former City manager Pep Guardiola returned to the Etihad for the first time since his departure in May, sat behind the club's embattled ...