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Marcus Rashford, Manchester United Beat PSG 2-1 in 2020 UEFA Champions League

Manchester United opened the 2020-21 UEFA Champions League with a 2-1 victory over Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday at Parc des Princes.

scored the winner in the 87th minute, slotting a low shot into the far post and past a diving Keylor Navas.

This was the first competitive encounter between the two sides since United knocked PSG out of the round of 16 in 2019. Rashford struck the decisive blow on that occasion as well.

Manchester United snapped the Parisians' five-match winning streak. The result is bound to ease some of the pressure that again began building on manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer following the Red Devils' 6-1 hammering at the hands of Tottenham Hotspur earlier this month.