Messi strikes as PSG prevail over Manchester City 2-0

DPA Berlin Lionel Messi struck his first goal for Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday as the French giants gained slight revenge over Manchester City for last ...

DPABerlin Lionel Messi struck his first goal for Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday as the French giants gained slight revenge over Manchester City for last season’s Champions League semi-final defeat with a 2-0 group stage win.The 34-year-old Argentine superstar joined PSG from Barcelona this summer as the Qatar-back team made a serious bid to land a maiden continental title.Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe had relatively quiet games after Idrissa Gueye’s eighth minute opener but that changed in the 74th with a stroke of brilliance.Surging in from the right, Messi played a one-two with Mbappe at the edge of the box and curled a left foot shot high into the top corner of the net.It was harsh on City, who made several chances throughout only to be denied by keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, another summer addition, and the woodwork which was struck in a remarkable first-half sequence by Raheem Sterling and Bernardo Silva.PSG top Group A on goal difference from Club Brugge, who won 2-1 at bottom side RB Leipzig, who also have four points.City, on three, are second as they are in the Premier League where on Sunday they head to leaders Liverpool. The Reds will enter that clash on a high after a 5-1 cruise away to Porto to top Group B on six points.Antoine Griezmann equalized late for Atletico Madrid at 10-man AC Milan, who had Franck Kessie sent off in the first half, and Luis Suarez completed the 2-1 turnaround win with a handball penalty seven minutes into injury-time.Record 13-time champions Real Madrid meanwhile were stunned 2-1 at home by Moldovan debutants Sheriff Tiraspol, whose fairytale continues atop Group D.Luxmbourg international Sebastien Thill struck a glorious 89th minute winner to secure a second successive victory. Real are second in the group on three points while Shakhtar Donetsk and Inter Milan have one each after a 0-0 draw in Ukraine.And in Group C, Ajax and Borussia Dortmund maintained perfect records 2-0 over Besiktas and 1-0 over Sporting Libson respectively.Scoreline: Paris Saint-Germain 2 (Idrissa Gueye 8’, Lionel Messi 74’) bt Manchester City 0.