Newcastle hand PSG a Champions League lesson, Man City beat Leipzig
Newcastle thumped Paris Saint-Germain 4-1 in the Champions League n Wednesday.Barcelona celebrated a landmark night for Xavi with a 1-0 victory away to Porto.Newcastle United claimed a stunning 4-1 win over Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday in their first Champions League match at St James' Park in 20 years, while holders Manchester City scored two late goals to get the better of RB Leipzig.
With Kylian Mbappe unable to make an impact, Longstaff pounced on passive defending to make it 3-0 early in the second half. Newcastle go top of Group F and PSG are second after rivals Borussia Dortmund and AC Milan played out a 0-0 draw in Germany.Reigning champions City are well on course to qualify for the knockout stages after successfully negotiating their hardest test in Group G to beat Leipzig 3-1 away.
Alvarez then turned provider for Jeremy Doku to make it 3-1 in stoppage time as City made it two wins out of two in the competition this season.Red Star Belgrade and Young Boys got off the mark in the same group with a 2-2 draw in Serbia, where Osman Bukari grabbed an 88th-minute equaliser for the home team.
"We had been talking about it, this match was worth half of the qualification," Torres told broadcaster Movistar.Earlier, Shakhtar Donetsk got a first win in the same group with a remarkable comeback from two goals down to beat Royal Antwerp 3-2 in Belgium.
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