PSG vs Real Madrid LIVE: Champions League latest score and goal updates as Lionel Messi sees penalty saved

LIVE – Updated at 21:26

Follow live coverage as Paris Saint-Germain host Real Madrid in a mouth-watering Champions League tie tonight.

PSG face the 13-time winners in the first leg of a round of 16 match on Tuesday at the Parc des Princes with both hoping to put one foot in the quarter-finals with a good result in Paris. Lionel Messi is likely to be key and boasts a superb record against the Spanish giants with 26 goals and 14 assists in 45 games, all for former club Barcelona. Kylian Mbappe will also be a focus with the French star set to be key against the team he is widely expected to join in the summer.

Madrid haven’t reached the final since completing a hat trick of European Cups back in 2018. Now coach Carlo Ancelotti travels to face the side he once coached with only one win in the past four matches in all competitions, but confidence remains high despite Karim Benzema being potentially a doubt. “Now we’re heading into what is the most beautiful time in football,” midfielder Casemiro said. “We want to win everything we can.” Follow all the latest updates and analysis here:

Well, a dramatic few minutes but it’s as you were - Messi’s spot-kick not his finest, despite firm connection. Nowhere near the bottom corner, Courtois did well to get down.

Verratti then twisted in the area and thought he could shoot but was crowded out, and the Italian got a kick in the process which leaves him needing treatment.

Messi belted another shot at goal just after and he looks fired up - two fast dribbles since then too and the Argentinian legend doesn’t look impressed at having missed such a big moment.

Unbelievable save from Courtois! Lionel Messi takes the spot-kick and hammers it to the keeper’s left - but Courtois gets down and