UCL projections: City and PSG face elimination risk

Manchester City let a 2-0 lead slip against Paris Saint-Germain as they lost 4-2 in their penultimate Champions League league-phase match.

Jack Grealish and Erling Haaland made it 2-0 to the visitors early in the second half, but Ousmane Dembele and Bradley Barcola made it 2-2 inside five minutes.

Smelling blood, PSG hunted a third goal and found it in the 79th minute with Joao Neves heading in from close range to complete the turnaround. Goncalo Ramos sealed the victory with an emphatic 94th-minute finish.

The defeat leaves Manchester City in an elimination position with just one match left while PSG are well set to make the knockout play-offs.

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