Man City loses at home to Crystal Palace

Club Brugge's European opponents experienced varying degrees of success this weekend. Manchester City had a poor dress rehearsal for next Wednesday's match against Blauw-Zwart: it went down 0-2 against Crystal Palace at home. Paris Saint-Germain, on the other hand, won the topper against Lille 2-1. Finally, RB Leipzig stuck to a 1-1 draw against Frankfurt.

Manchester City - Crystal Palace 0-2

Manchester City surprisingly lost to Crystal Palace at home. It was the second defeat of the season for the Citizens who went down with 10 men. Pep Guardiola's team had not yet conceded a single goal on their own field in the Premier League, but that changed after six minutes when Zaha opened the scoring. City did try to break the deadlock, but Laporte's red card just before halftime made things more difficult. He pulled down the breached Zaha and got a red card under his nose for that. In the second half, City was the better team with a few chances, but Grealish kicked a great opportunity over goal and a goal by Jesus was disallowed for offside. In the closing stages, Gallagher poked against. He put the final score on the board. City sees leader Chelsea run out further this way. (EV)

Manchester City: Ederson, Walker, Ruben Dias, Laporte, Joao Cancelo (78' Mahrez), De Bruyne (59' Stones), Rodri, Bernardo Silva, Foden, Grealish (78' Sterling), Gabriel Jesus.
Goals: 6' Zaha (0-1), 88' Gallagher (0-2).

Paris Saint-Germain - Lille 2-1

A top affair at the Parc Des Princes, where PSG faced the champions from Lille. Without a sick Mbappé, Di Maria, Messi and Neymar appeared in the striker for the home team. Champion Lille did not have a good league start, but against PSG they had an excellent match start. The visitors took the opening minutes and put Donnarumma to the test. Scoring was not yet in the cards, however, as both Yilmaz and Ikoné failed to get past the goalie. It took more than twenty minutes for the home side to counter with a shot from Di Maria. At the half hour mark the visitors scored the opening goal. On a pass from Yilmaz, Jonathan David opened the scoring! After the goal, Paris Saint-Germain took over possession of the ball but were unable to be dangerous before halftime.

After the coffee no more Messi, slightly injured, was replaced by Icardi. Immediately there were also chances on both sides, David and Yilmaz for Lille, Neymar and Di Maria for PSG but a goalkeeper could not be beaten for the time being. The home side stepped up the pressure and with success. Di Maria with the action along the line, Marquinhos with the equalizer. Lille succumbed to the sustained Parisian pressure and swallowed a second goal just before the whistle. A one-two between Neymar and the omnipresent Di Maria who, with an excellent shot, left Grbic no chance and thus kept the three points in his own home after all. (KV)

Paris Saint-Germain: Donnarumma, Kehrer (65' Dagba), Marquinhos, Kimpembe, Bernat (65' Nuno Mendes), Wijnaldum (85' Draxler), Pereira, Gueye, Di Maria (92' Herrera), Messi (46' Icardi), Neymar.
Goals: 31' David (0-1), 74' Marquinhos (1-1), 88' Di Maria (2-1).

Eintracht Frankfurt - RB Leipzig 1-1

RB Leipzig got stuck with a 1-1 draw at Eintracht Frankfurt. Jesse Marsch's team started the game well and took the lead after half an hour through Danish striker Yussuf Poulsen. Leipzig held that lead for a long time and seemed to win by the smallest of margins. However, that was not counting on Brazilian Lucas Tuta. The former KV Kortrijk defender scored the equalizer four minutes into injury time. A heavy blow for Leipzig, which thus squandered the opportunity to advance to fourth place in the Bundesliga. For now it is in eighth place, ten points behind leader Bayern Munich. Next Wednesday, Leipzig hosts the stars of Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League. (SF)

RB Leipzig: Gulacsi, Simakan, Orban, Gvardiol, Mukiele, Haidara, Kampl (65' Laimer), Angelino, Nkunku (89' Olmo), Poulsen (65' Silva), Szoboszlai (83' Forsberg).
Goals: 35' Poulsen (0-1), 94' Tuta (1-1).