Thomas Tuchel probably had a small premonition. He clapped when the gear is in the mid-term break a bit. The German coach of Paris St. Germain was not unhappy that his team went with a 0:0 at Old Trafford with Manchester United at the break. It was not necessarily a more exciting section in the eighth-final first leg of the Champions League. But Tuchel has had to give up on Tuesday evening on his two
Top attacker Neymar and Edinson Cavani.
Shortly after the start of the 45-year-old Tuchel was able to bale and then the fists. The advanced defender Presnel Kimpembe had threshed a corner of Angel di Maria from a close-range volley into the net from Manchester. Not five minutes later, increased Kylian Mbappé on 2:0 for Paris, again, the work by di Maria came. Both times had slept United powerful. Now the game got a bit of sparkle and class. The game itself was decided.
Shortly before the end of Manchester looked irritated Paul Pogba in front of 74 054 spectators because of repeated foul game Yellow-Red – whatever fit at the end of a completely miserable night for the English Champions. After one of the tactics, and in part, to excessive hardness, dominated the first half, PSG deserved the victory thanks to a performance increase and can game in the return at 6. March in Prince’s Park in the quarter-final Ticket. In the other first knockout round AS Roma won on Tuesday with a 2:1 (0:0) against FC Porto.
Both Teams started active in the game
United had caught as the host of the better kick-off. Then the Parisians, where also the two German national player Thilo Kehrer and Julian Draxler were in the starting line-up came better into the game. But ultimately, it went without any big chances to score and game Highlights scoreless in the half.
United suffered their first defeat under interim coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who had replaced the hapless José Mourinho in the Premier League last eleven Games, ten victories brought. An even higher defeat prevented Manchester goalkeeper David de Gea, who parried against Mbappé and di Maria reaction quickly.
After a minute of silence for the in a plane crash deaths Argentine professional Emiliano Sala, both Teams were engaged in the game. United certain only in the early minutes of the action – according to the strong supports from the Fans. Marcus Rashford examined from a tight angle, PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon. Also, a little later, the 41-Year-old was not a surprise, as he intercepted a pass from Pogba.
Tuchel called for more offensive
the urge “it will be Important that we come well into the game. We need to be on it from the first,“ had Solskjaer said before the kick-off and on the TV channel Sky. However, the guests from the French capital took over after about 20 minutes, more and more control. Tuchel, gesticulating wildly on the sidelines and called for more offensive of his team urge. The Ex-Dortmund Coach saw in the case of a combination of Marco Verratti and Draxler, however, Mbappé stand in the passport of a German national player in an Offside position.
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The Italian referee Daniele Orsato showed in the first 45 minutes, five Yellow cards, including one against the Paris professionals Draxler and Juan Bernat as well as the Manchester players Pogba and Ashley Young. The team captain was lucky that he saw after a violent bump against his former teammate di Maria-Yellow-Red (40.). The Argentine had to be treated after his fall against a metal fence, but was able to continue playing. (Tsp/dpa)
