Barcelona started well on Wednesday, and their pressure paid off in the 19th minute when Marcus Rashford delivered a precise pass across the box to Ferran Torres, who slid in to beat the offside trap and slot past PSG goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier.<\/p>\n
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PSG, however, responded tenaciously, despite missing captain Marquinhos and their starting attacking trio of Ousmane Dembele, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Desire Doue.<\/p>\n
They took control of proceedings and equalised in the 38th minute when Nuno Mendes embarked on a dazzling run down the left, beating three defenders before setting up 19-year-old Senny Mayulu, who finished clinically into the bottom corner.<\/p>\n
After substitute Lee Kang-in hit the post with a shot from the edge of the box in the 83rd minute, PSG finally scored a deserved winner from a quick counter in the 90th, with Achraf Hakimi crossing for substitute Goncalo Ramos to fire home from close range.<\/p>\n
\u201cVery disappointing feeling at the end, when you concede in the last minute of the game, to lose at home, you have to be disappointed,\u201d Barcelona captain Freddie de Jong told Movistar+.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey [PSG] were better in the final stages, in the second half in general. We began the game better. So it went back and forward, but it\u2019s true, they were better in the second half.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Barcelona\u2019s Ferran Torres scores his side\u2019s first goal against PSG [Albert Gea\/Reuters]Man City and Juventus held but Arsenal and Newcastle win<\/p>\n
Manchester City had to settle for a 2-2 draw with Monaco after Eric Dier scored a 90th-minute penalty for the hosts.<\/p>\n
Villarreal and Juventus also ended 2-2 after Renato Veiga\u2019s late equaliser.<\/p>\n
Arsenal beat Olympiakos 2-0, with Gabriel Martinelli netting after 12 minutes and Bukayo Sako sealing the win in injury time.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to be creative, we know the quality we have in the team,\u201d Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard said.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone can see the quality and depth in the squad now, it is a feeling from every single player on the pitch that you want to keep your place.\u201d<\/p>\n