PSG scrapes 1-0 win at home to Leipzig in Champions League
Paris, Nov 25 (AP) Neymar scored an early penalty as a nervous Paris Saint-Germain scraped a 1-0 home win against a wasteful Leipzig in the Champions League. PSG was beaten by Bayern Munich in last seasons final, but needed a win after losing two of its first three group games. Although PSG moved above Leipzig and into second place in Group H ? behind Manchester United ? coach Thomas Tuchels side played poorly. PSG was fortunate to stumble upon a German side lacking a cutting edge, and so Neymars 11th-minute spot kick proved enough. He scored after Leipzig captain Marcel Sabitzer fouled forward Angel Di Maria breaking into the area. Neymar took a trademark staggered runup and placed the ball just out of the reach of Hungary goalkeeper Peter Gulacsis left hand after he went the right way. Tensions got to PSG at Parc des Princes. Di Maria appeared angry at being taken off by Tuchel midway through the second half; Neymar was shown a yellow card for hacking down Sabitzer; and substitute Marco Verratti seemed fortunate to escape a red for a lunging tackle on Christopher Nkunku that drew blood from the former PSG players knee. While PSG constantly gave the ball away, sloppy Leipzig failed to take advantage of long phases of possession. The visitors were let down by rushed final passes, neat but too predictable sideways passing, and attacking players often easily knocked off the ball. Leipzig did threaten from a corner moments after Neymars penalty when imposing center half Dayot Upamecano forced goalkeeper Keylor Navas into a tip-over save. Navas, a key player this season, then saved midfielder Amadou Haidaras low shot in the 38th as Leipzig failed to punish a PSG side there for the taking. Attacking midfielder Emil Forsberg volleyed just wide for Leipzig in the 49th, and center forward Yussuf Poulsen headed over in the 79th when he should have done better from an unmarked position. PSG opened this campaign with a 2-1 home defeat to Manchester United and lost 2-1 three weeks ago in Leipzig. In Tuesdays other game, United beat Turkish side Istanbul Basaksehir 4-1 at home and leads with nine points, three ahead of PSG and Leipzig. PSGs win, however, gave it a boost in terms of a better head-to-head record against Leipzig ? courtesy of netting an away goal and not conceding one. PSG plays United at Old Trafford on Dec. 2 before hosting Basaksehir six days later. (AP) APA APA 11250924 NNNN The story has been taken from a news agency
Paris, Nov 25 (AP) Neymar scored an early penalty as a nervous Paris Saint-Germain scraped a 1-0 home win against a wasteful Leipzig in the Champions League.
PSG was beaten by Bayern Munich in last season's final, but needed a win after losing two of its first three group games.
Although PSG moved above Leipzig and into second place in Group H ? behind Manchester United ? coach Thomas Tuchel's side played poorly. PSG was fortunate to stumble upon a German side lacking a cutting edge, and so Neymar's 11th-minute spot kick proved enough.
He scored after Leipzig captain Marcel Sabitzer fouled forward Angel Di Maria breaking into the area.
Neymar took a trademark staggered runup and placed the ball just out of the reach of Hungary goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi's left hand after he went the right way.
Tensions got to PSG at Parc des Princes. Di Maria appeared angry at being taken off by Tuchel midway through the second half; Neymar was shown a yellow card for hacking down Sabitzer; and substitute Marco Verratti seemed fortunate to escape a red for a lunging tackle on Christopher Nkunku that drew blood from the former PSG player's knee.
While PSG constantly gave the ball away, sloppy Leipzig failed to take advantage of long phases of possession. The visitors were let down by rushed final passes, neat but too predictable sideways passing, and attacking players often easily knocked off the ball.
Leipzig did threaten from a corner moments after Neymar's penalty when imposing center half Dayot Upamecano forced goalkeeper Keylor Navas into a tip-over save. Navas, a key player this season, then saved midfielder Amadou Haidara's low shot in the 38th as Leipzig failed to punish a PSG side there for the taking.
Attacking midfielder Emil Forsberg volleyed just wide for Leipzig in the 49th, and center forward Yussuf Poulsen headed over in the 79th when he should have done better from an unmarked position.
PSG opened this campaign with a 2-1 home defeat to Manchester United and lost 2-1 three weeks ago in Leipzig.
In Tuesday's other game, United beat Turkish side Istanbul Basaksehir 4-1 at home and leads with nine points, three ahead of PSG and Leipzig. PSG's win, however, gave it a boost in terms of a better head-to-head record against Leipzig ? courtesy of netting an away goal and not conceding one.
PSG plays United at Old Trafford on Dec. 2 before hosting Basaksehir six days later. (AP)
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