Paris Saint-Germain 0-1 Bayern Munich: Kingsley Coman goal gives Julian Nagelsmann's side slender first-leg advantage

15.02.2023 - 01:59 eurosport.com

Kingsley Coman returned to haunt Paris Saint-Germain once again as 10-man Bayern Munich won 1-0 in the first leg of their Champions League Last 16 tie at the Parc des Princes.

The Parisian, who struck the winner against his former club in the 2020 final, continued his recent good form in front of goal when he fired a 53rd-minute volley underneath the body of Gianluigi Donnarumma.

Ad PSG, for whom 16-year-old Warren Zaire-Emery became the youngest player ever to start a Champions League knockout tie, had been boosted by the news that Lionel Messi (hamstring) was fit to start but it was the pace of Kylian Mbappe, who was a surprise inclusion on the bench following a thigh problem, that they clearly missed in a one-sided first half.

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Football 1 Lionel Messi Joshua Kimmich Bayern Munich Julian Nagelsmann Kylian Mbappe Gianluigi Donnarumma Alphonso Davies Yann Sommer France

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