Zlatan Ibrahimovic said it was a “great moment” to return to hometown club Malmo with Paris St-Germain.
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Di Maria heading a fourth from close range before a fine Lucas free-kick made it 5-0.
“I lived a dream tonight, coming back”, he said.
Zlatan’s goal brings him level with George Weah as PSG’s joint top scorer in European competition with 16 goals and it was also his 45 in the competition, taking him into the all-time top-10 list of scorers.
“We’re very happy for him”, L’Equipe quoted al-Khelaifi as saying after the game. We did the job and we’re through.
The Ligue 1 champions have failed to make it past the quarter-finals in the last three years but the club’s owners are desperate for success in Europe.
Wolfsburg move onto nine points in Group B with just that home match against Manchester United remaining, while CSKA are just about in contention to finish third and progress to the Europa League. “It was a shame we had that defeat (against Real)” bemoaned Blanc whose side round out their group campaign at home to Shakhtar.
The visitors doubled their advantage through Angel di Maria as he raided into space down the flank and was picked out by a through-ball from Blaise Matuidi.
Ibrahimovic scored 16 goals in 40 appearances for Malmo before leaving for Ajax in 2001 as a 19-year-old.
All hopes of a Malmo comeback died when captain Markus Rosenberg struck the post from the penalty spot in the 61st minute.
Di Maria notched his second of the evening soon after as Maxwell atoned for his earlier error by finding the unmarked Argentine who headed past a helpless Wiland.
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Malmo were gifted the chance to get back into the game on the hour, when a mix up between Marquinhos and Maxwell saw the latter trip Nikola Djurdjic in the penalty area, but Rosenburg’s effort from the ensuing spot-kick slammed against the post and bounced clear.
