The Premier League outfit will be delighted to come away from the match with a draw and two away goals, while PSG will have it all to do in Manchester next week.
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Meanwhile, Wolfsburg stunned Real Madrid after beating Los Blancos 2-0 in Germany in their Champions League quarter-final first leg. The 34-year-old Swedish star is enjoying one of the finest seasons of his career and will be hellbent on leading his side to a Champions League semi-final before he leaves the club at the end of the season.
“It’s not a good result, we made too many technical mistakes”, the former France centre back said. Sergio Aguero is the key for City while Zlatan Ibrahimovic, after his near-perfect game against Chelsea, will be the man to watch out for the Parisians. “The last two seasons we couldn’t continue further in this competition because we played against a very strong team of Barcelona”, Pellegrini said after arriving in the French capital. This might be the only chance they can win the title with a world class team.
“One player can change a team”, Pellegrini said. But we are trying to win the game from the first minute, it is the way we play.
Regardless, the Citizens still possess a squad capable of troubling PSG, especially with Kevin De Bruyne enjoying a successful return from injury against Bournemouth last week.
“The experiences we have gathered in recent years might be a positive for us”, he said.
“And Mangala played very well the whole game”.
He netted the opener against PSG after 38 minutes, firing past Kevin Trapp after being set up by Fernandinho to finish off a sharp counter attack.
City took advantage of the penalty miss to go ahead through De Bruyne but immediately gifted an equaliser as Fernando miscontrolled a Hart pass and Ibrahimovic pounced.
The Champions League betting odds show that PSG are the 4/6 favourites to win the game tonight but if you want a little more value then my prediction of 2-1 is on offer at 15/2.
Paris Saint-Germain had a bit of an off day against Manchester City, and consequently let the visitors help themselves to two away goals.
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But while French champions PSG have been accused of having things easy in a relatively weak Ligue 1, Blanc believes the extra intensity of the Premier League may have held City back.
