98th-min penalty chaos as PSG steal draw; Man City’s epic comeback: CL Wrap

Manchester City fought back brilliantly to win 3-2 at home after conceding two first-half goals to RB Leipzig in a thrilling Champions League battle for top spot in Group G.

The victory keeps City’s perfect start to the group stage alive with 15 points from five games, assuring them of progressing to the knockouts in top position, while Leipzig are also guaranteed to progress.

Meanwhile, there was shocking penalty drama as PSG secured a controversial late draw with Newcastle thanks to a 98th-minute Kylian Mbappe penalty.

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HAALAND MAKES HISTORY IN CITY COMEBACK

Erling Haaland became the fastest player to score 40 Champions League goals as he kickstarted City’s epic comeback from two goals down.

Leipzig’s goals both came from Lois Openda and in similar fashion – catching out City’s high defensive line (and errors from Manuel Akanji and Ruben Dias) with rapid counter-attacks before finishing clinically.

After the second goal, Sky Sports’ Ben Ransom said: “Another horror show from a Manchester City centre back. This time Ruben Dias is embarrassed by Openda as he doesn’t deal with the through-ball.

“The RB Leipzig striker still has plenty to do and he manages to put Josko Gvardiol onto his backside before finishing. Not many here expected this.”

Manchester City spurned a host of big chances in the first half, before Dias was substituted at halftime by a clearly frustrated Pep Guardiola.

Two more changes ignited the comeback, with Jeremy Doku and Julian