{"id":1226458,"date":"2021-09-28T22:38:29","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T21:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1226458"},"modified":"2021-09-29T08:54:16","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T07:54:16","slug":"psg-2-0-manchester-city-player-ratings-messi-verratti-hakimi-mbappe-marquinhos-grealish-sterling","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/psg-2-0-manchester-city-player-ratings-messi-verratti-hakimi-mbappe-marquinhos-grealish-sterling\/","title":{"rendered":"“They live and die by his performances” – Player ratings as Messi scores first PSG goal to take down Man City"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an incredible night of football, PSG beat Manchester City 2-0 in the Champions League with Leo Messi scoring.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first-half was evenly balanced and lacking excitement but the second-half was full of action.<\/p>\n

Here’s how the players rated at the Parc des Princes:<\/p>\n

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Gianluigi Donnarumma – 8 – <\/strong>A rock on his Champions League debut. His handling was a bit hit-and-miss but he stood tall against every shot City sent PSG’s way. Pep’s men never looked like scoring and Donnarumma was a huge reason why.<\/p>\n

Achraf Hakimi – 8 – <\/strong>Hakimi dominated at both ends of the pitch. He played a key pass in the build-up to PSG’s opener and a made a selfless run to make the second goal possible too. In defence he put Jack Grealish in his back pcoket and never let him out all night.<\/p>\n

Marquinhos – 8 – <\/strong>PSG’s Brazilian captain always stands tall in big games and tonight was no exception. Whenever City would send the ball into the box, most of the time it was cleared by Marquinhos. He was honestly outrageous, getting to everything so quickly. For all the talk of their attack, PSG live and die by this man’s performances.<\/p>\n

Presnel Kimpembe – 8 – <\/strong>Handled the City attack, such as it is, really well. Looks so much more confident next to his captain.<\/p>\n

Nuno Mendes – 7 – <\/strong>Was really ropey in the first-half but recovered to defend his flank better in the second.<\/p>\n

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Idrissa Gueye's last four games for PSG across all competitions:<\/p>\n

\u26bd\ufe0f vs. Clermont
\u274c vs. Lyon
\u26bd\ufe0f vs. Montpellier
\u26bd\ufe0f vs. Man City<\/p>\n

He's already scored more goals this season (4) than the previous two combined (3). pic.twitter.com\/gPPkxOSVAl<\/a><\/p>\n

— Squawka (@Squawka) September 28, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n