PSG exorcise old ghosts as Mbappe keeps Champions League dream alive
The Peninsula
Paris Saint Germain s emphatic victory over Barcelona keeps alive the French club s dream of ending the Kylian Mbappe era by lifting the Champions Lea...
Paris Saint-Germain's emphatic victory over Barcelona keeps alive the French club's dream of ending the Kylian Mbappe era by lifting the Champions League trophy at Wembley in June.
Their hopes of going all the way in Europe's elite club competition for the first time hung in the balance after they lost 3-2 at home to Barca in the first leg of their quarter-final last week.
They had never previously won a Champions League knockout tie after losing the first leg at home, and their prospects of doing so this time appeared slim after they conceded the opening goal on the night.
Another disappointing exit threatened for the Qatar-owned club who had gone out in the last 16 in five of the previous seven seasons.
But they seized the opportunity given to them in Catalonia after Ronald Araujo's red card left Barcelona to play over an hour with 10 men, allowing Luis Enrique's team to go on and win 4-1 on the night and 6-4 on aggregate.
