Given the current scoreboard, one can tip Manchester City as favourites to qualify for the semi-finals, as their two away goals give them enough leverage to hold off PSG.
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Rabiot converted the rebound off Hart’s fantastic save from Edison Cavani’s powerful header in the fifty-ninth minute, but Fernandinho pulled City level again after a comical series of deflections between Serge Aurier and Thiago Silva deflected right into the midfielder’s path six yards out from goal.
“In the first half we made an important mistake that we can not continue to do if we want to stay in the competition”, said Pellegrini. “We still have 90 minutes ahead of us in Manchester but this is a good result”, said the Chilean.
“We must play the second leg not thinking we are already qualified”.
“I think both of us are going to want to cut out a few mistakes and we can move on from there”.
Joe Hart claims Manchester City’s best is yet to come as they bid to fight off Paris Saint-Germain in their battle for a Champions League semifinal spot. We must be intelligent in that we don’t make mistakes.
“They are a risky team but we believe we are a good team too. That way we scored the second goal”.
The Spaniards, who also saw Karim Benzema limp off with a foot injury in the 40th minute, enjoyed a strong start but never recovered from the quick two-goal strike by the Wolves and were lucky not to have conceded a third in the second half.
“It’s up to us to make the away goals count”.
“He’s not working with the squad for the moment, so we will see next week how many days more he needs”. But they looked nervous at the thought of reaching the semifinals for the first time in the club’s history, even though so many had cast them as overwhelming favourites. Tonight we played away and it was a good result.
“And I was at the right place at the right time and got the chance”.
It was an eventful night for PSG striker Ibrahimovic, 34, who had a penalty saved by Joe Hart, missed a one-on-one opportunity and also struck the crossbar.
Fernandinho equalised for City on 72 minutes after his deflected effort from close range found the net, and that’s how it stayed as the visitors took a credible 2-2 scoreline back to the Etihad Stadium. “It was a brilliant performance from all of us and we will keep going”.
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He said: “We will see how Vincent is – he has trained and we will see how he improves between now and Tuesday”.
