Man City can't compete with PSG, the Champions League's gold standard - ESPN

MANCHESTER, England — Paris Saint-Germain laid out their credentials to win a third straight UEFA Champions League title by dismantling Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium.

The back-to-back European champions won 4-2 thanks in part to a blistering first-half performance that saw Luis Enrique's team go in at the break 3-0 up.

Pep Guardiola was back at the Etihad Stadium for the first time, in a show of support for the club in their first home game since the publication of the damning guilty verdict in their case with the Premier League. But City's former boss was stunned along with the rest of the home crowd as goals from Désiré Doué, Ousmane Dembélé and Vitinha saw PSG race to a three-goal lead during a brutal 19-minute spell.

Enzo Maresca made three changes at halftime, and his team improved after the break. Erling Haaland scored twice to become City's leading Champions League goal scorer and the youngest player to reach 60 Champions League goals, breaking Lionel Messi's record by a day.

But another PSG goal from Maghnes Akliouche put the brakes on a comeback, and it would have been worse for City had Ferran Torres not seen a late penalty saved by Gianluigi Donnarumma. — Rob Dawson

Guardiola returned to the Etihad for the first time since ending his 10-year reign as City manager in May, and he returned to see a master class… by Luis Enrique's PSG.

The back-to-back Champions League winners reminded the world that they are the cream of Europe by humiliating City on their own turf. But was Guardiola also watching the best coach of his generation prove his caliber? Guardiola is often held up as the gold standard of coaches over the past decade and beyond, but is he really better than Luis Enrique?

Both men produce teams