To an extent, defeat to Paris Saint-Germain doesn’t matter for Manchester City. It’s only the group stage of the Champions League. Come March, Tuesday's 2–0 defeat to PSG at the Parc des Princes will be a game that will be remembered, if it is remembered at all, for Lionel Messi’s first goal as a PSG player. City will, almost certainly, go through to the knockout rounds and, thanks to country protection, it cannot play a Premier League club in the last 16. More generally, there was plenty to admire about its performance. It had 17 shots to PSG’s six.
Champions League Defeat to PSG Exposes Man City's Flaws Once Again
