HOLDERS Paris Saint-Germain secured their second victory in this season’s UEFA Champions League by beating Barcelona 2-1 in Spain tonight.
Goncalo Ramos scored a last-minute winner as PSG came from behind to win the battle of two of the competition’s favourites.
Barcelona led when Ferran Torres met Marcus Rashford’s sublime pass from the left in the 19th minute
Rashford has now scored or assisted a goal in five of Barcelona’s last six matches since his arrival on loan from Manchester United.
But European champions PSG equalised seven minutes before half-time when Nuno Mendes found Senny Mayulu after a good run and the 19-year-old fired home.
The visitors, who were missing several key players including Balon d’Or winner Ousmane Dembele through injuries, had the best chances to win the game, and managed to do so with Ramos’ first-time finish from Achraf Hakimi’s cross in stoppage time.
The win takes PSG to six points from two games, with Barca on three.
In France, Eric Dier’s last-gasp penalty earned a 2-2 draw for Monaco against Manchester City, despite Erling Haaland continuing his prolific start to the season by scoring twice.
Haaland netted a first-half double to take his tally to 52 goals in just 50 games in the competition as City stretched their unbeaten run to six games.
But the visitors were pegged back in the 90th minute when Dier converted from the spot after being kicked in the head by Nico Gonzalez.
Haaland had not had a touch of the ball in the first 15 minutes but with his first, he latched on to Josko Gvardiol’s dinked pass and lobbed a cool finish over the advancing Philipp Kohn.
But Jordan Teze equalised just three minutes later with a thunderbolt strike from outside the area, which arrowed into the top corner and gave Gianluigi Donnarumma no chance.
Manchester City, though, were controlling the possession and Phil Foden came close to regaining the lead when he shifted the ball on to his weaker right foot but smashed his shot against the crossbar.
Haaland was on the fringes of the game but showcased his ruthlessness by leaping high above Mohammed Salisu and powerfully heading in from Nico O’Reilly’s cross on the stroke of half-time.
Donnarumma made a sharp save low down to deny Maghnes Akliouche in the second half, but the Italy goalkeeper could not stop Dier’s late spot-kick.
At the Emirates Stadium, Gabriel Martinelli’s early goal helped Arsenal maintain their perfect start to the league phase of the competition as they overcame Olympiacos 2-0.
Having beaten Athletic Club in their first fixture of the competition thanks to a goal and an assist from the Brazil forward, he was again crucial for the Gunners.
Striker Viktor Gyokeres powered his way through the Greek side’s defence, but when his shot bounced off ... after being saved by Konstantinos Tzolakis, Martinelli was on hand to tap in the rebound.
Substitute Bukayo Saka sealed the success in added time with a shot that squeezed through the legs of Tzolakis.
RESULTS
Qarabag 2-0 FC Copenhagen
Union Saint-Gilloise 0-4 Newcastle
Arsenal 2-0 Olympiacos
Bayer Leverkusen 1-1 PSV
Villarreal 2-2 Juventus
Napoli 2-1 Sporting CP
Monaco 2-2 Manchester City
Borussia Dortmund 4-1 Athletic Club
Barcelona 1-2 Paris Saint-Germain