Paris Saint-Germain recorded a 5-4 win over Bayern Munich in an entertaining UEFA Champions League semifinal first leg clash at the Parc des Princes on Tuesday night.
The game marked the highest-scoring Champions League semifinal match in history and saw the European champions take a slender advantage heading into next week’s second leg.
Both sides had met during the league-phase with Bayern Munich winning 2-1, but it was the French side who were victorious this time around, although they could have easily ended up with a bigger margin of victory.
Harry Kane opened the scoring from the penalty spot to become the first Englishman to score in six successive Champions League matches, before Michael Olise fluffed an attempt to double the advantage.
Ousmane Dembele then wasted a glorious opportunity to equalize for PSG, although it didn’t take long for them to pull level on the night.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia was found by Desire Doue and the Georgian cut inside before firing into the bottom corner and Joao Neves headed home from a corner kick to complete the turnaround minutes later.
Olise made up for his earlier miss with another goal for Bayern, but Dembele made sure PSG went into the break ahead after scoring from the penalty spot following a handball by Alphonso Davies.
PSG then clicked into gear in the second half, scoring two more to set up a 5-2 lead on the night, with both Kvaratskhelia and Dembele getting on the scoresheet for the second time in the game.
However, Bayern scored two more of their own through Dayot Upamecano and Luis Diaz, the second one set up by Kane from the midfield.
The game ended 5-4 on the night in a classic encounter, leaving all to play for ahead of next week’s second leg at the Allianz Arena.
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