Toni Kroos’ long shot is blocked by Thiago Silva, but the ball falls to Nacho who vsneaks in a volley from a tight angle. Real Madrid lead Group A with 10 points, three ahead of PSG, with two matches left in the group stage.
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PSG remained with seven points. Shakhtar Donetsk, which defeated Malmo 4-0 in Ukraine, reached three points, the same as the Swedish club.
PSG coach Laurent Blanc confirmed the 27-year-old will start against Los Blancos, in what he feels will be a special occasion for the talented player. Sometimes you need a little luck. I’m still convinced we can do big things this season. “That play could have been avoided”.
“We’ve got a great margin of improvement”.
The England captain can also be backed at 27/20 to score at any time and is 13/25 to draw a blank once more.
All the noise came from the other side of Manchester though as Manuel Pellegrini and his men breezed past Sevilla in the first 15 minutes of the game.
The visitors hit the post twice and the bar once but Angel Di Maria, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Edinson Cavani could not find the back of the net for the second time against Real after a goalless draw at the Parc des Princes last week.
He told UEFA.com: “We delivered our best match of the season”. We cannot always speak when someone makes a mistake, that is a part of football.
Real Madrid coach Rafael Benitez has played down the boos and whistles from a sector of the crowd in the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium which were directed at his side. “We’ll carry on that way”.
PSG chief Nasser Al-Khelaifi has stoked Cristiano Ronaldo transfer rumours by claiming talks would be held in secret. His lone chance was a 26th-minute free kick that was easily saved by Trapp.
Real defender Marcelo said: “I’m expecting a very hard match”.
“We were the better team and we had many chances to score a goal”.
PSG, unbeaten in 16 matches this season, are without centre-back David Luiz, who has a knee injury.
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“We still have a few injury problems but Madrid are in the same situation”.
