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Paris Saint-Germain’s dismal form continued as it lost 1-0 at home to Bayern Munich on Tuesday in the first leg of their round-of-16 Champions League clash.
A third straight loss made it five defeats in 11 games this year for PSG coach Christophe Galtier’s team.
Bayern winger Kingsley Coman volleyed home inside the penalty area from Alphonso Davies’ left-wing cross in the 53rd minute.
The Paris-raised Coman, who PSG sold to Juventus when he was 18, held his hands up to show he wasn’t celebrating scoring against his former club — again.
IT’S <a href=”https://twitter.com/FCBayernUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@FCBayernUS</a> WHO TAKE THE LEAD 🇩🇪 <br><br>Assists in back-to-back <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/UCL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#UCL</a> games for <a href=”https://twitter.com/AlphonsoDavies?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@AlphonsoDavies</a> 🤝 <a href=”https://t.co/H1OE8KJbG0″>pic.twitter.com/H1OE8KJbG0</a>
—@DAZN_CA
When Bayern won the last of its six Champions League titles in 2020, it beat PSG 1-0 with Coman heading home the winner.
World Cup superstar Kylian Mbappe made an unexpectedly quick recovery from injury and had two would-be goals disallowed for offside after coming on in the second half.
The return leg is on March 8.
PSG was eliminated by Real Madrid in the last 16 last season.
Phonzy 🤝 Messi <a href=”https://t.co/QtrWgP14Cg”>pic.twitter.com/QtrWgP14Cg</a>
—@FCBayernUS
AC Milan edge Tottenham
An early goal was enough for troubled AC Milan to edge Tottenham 1-0 on Tuesday in its first Champions League knockout match in nearly 10 years.
Brahim Diaz netted in the seventh minute to give Milan a slender advantage to take to London when the teams meet again in the second leg of the round of 16 on March 8.
It was also Tottenham’s second straight defeat since Conte returned to the dugout following gallbladder surgery. Spurs lost 4-1 at Leicester in the Premier League on Saturday.
For Milan, it is a further sign that things might be turning around after a tough run. Milan was winless in its past seven matches, including losing its previous four matches, before Friday’s 1-0 win over Torino.
And the Rossoneri got their return off to the perfect start. Theo Hernandez saw his shot parried by Fraser Forster and Tottenham’s goalkeeper then did brilliantly to claw away Diaz’s effort from the rebound but the Milan midfielder bundled in from point-blank range on the second attempt.
In a tight match, there were few goalscoring opportunities and neither goalkeeper was really tested.
Ciprian Tătărușanu, who faced criticism during Milan’s dismal run, pulled off a fantastic double save on the stroke of halftime. He did well to deny Son Heung-min then even better to clear the danger after Harry Kane’s follow-up came off the underside of the crossbar. However, it wouldn’t have counted anyway as Son had been offside.
Milan should have wrapped up the win in the final 12 minutes but first substitute Charles De Ketelaere saw his close-range header cleared by Spurs midfielder Ivan Perišić and shortly afterward Malick Thiaw headed narrowly wide of the left post from six yards out.
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