Man City show PSG and Real Madrid who's the most skilful team in the world in six magic moments

The eyes of most neutrals across Europe were trained on events at the Parc des Princes on Tuesday, as Paris Saint-Germain faced Real Madrid in the Galacticos derby.

Lionel Messi, Karim Benzema, Angel Di Maria, Vinicius Jr, Kylian Mbappe and Neymar. Superstars everywhere you look.

Alas, Madrid parked the limos and a cagey encounter ensued until Mbappe spared Messi’s penalty blushes at the death

Meanwhile, in Lisbon, the most technically brilliant football team on the planet were getting through their dazzling work.

There is no more skilful collection of footballers anywhere than Pep Guardiola’s current squad at Manchester City - as these moments to savour in the 5-0 evisceration of Sporting showed.

The man with the velvet touch

Okay, so there’s barely a City game that passes nowadays without us swooning over Riyad Mahrez’s first touch. But seriously, have you seen it? Put it in the Louvre.

In the build-up to the seventh-minute opener, where Mahrez was the eventual beneficiary of a move that shifted from right to left, Ruben Dias sent a high ball spiralling towards the Algerian's flank. It dropped over his shoulder, he thrust out that delectable left boot and killed it stone dead. Majestic.

King Kev

City quickly looked to add a second and Kevin De Bruyne did that thing where he turns a fairly dangerous situation for opponents into a squealing Code Red.

It was one of those glorious KDB passes, where he sees the whole landscape and paints it perfectly. A sweeping ball out to Raheem Sterling ended with marauding makeshift right-back John Stones heading fractionally wide.

Bernardo Golazo!

Bernardo Silva’s volley to crowd a perfect counter-attack at Aston Villa probably remains City’s goal of the season. But in terms of