Barcelona 1-2 Paris Saint-Germain: Goncalo Ramos nets late winner as Champions League holders secure comeback win in Catalonia | OneFootball

Paris Saint-Germain made it two Champions League wins from as many matches by beating Barcelona 2-1 in Wednesday’s heavyweight meeting at the Estadio Olimpico Lluis Companys.

Lamine Yamal lit up the opening exchanges of the game with a mazy run before playing in Ferran Torres, whose effort was blocked.

PSG had their first attempt of the game via a 12th-minute corner as Illia Zabarnyi got on the end of a Nuno Mendes delivery, but he was unable to keep his effort down.

Yamal teed up Torres for the second time courtesy of a lovely outside-of-the-foot pass. The Spaniard rounded Lucas Chevalier, but Zabarnyi blocked his goal-bound effort.

Barcelona continued to pile on the early pressure, which was rewarded with the game’s opening goal in the 19th minute.

Yamal seized upon Vitinha’s misplaced pass in the middle of the park to release Pedri, who found Marcus Rashford. His first-time ball into the box was slid home by Torres.

The hosts refused to rest on their laurels after taking the lead, continuing to attack with urgency.

PSG’s immediate task was to avoid going further behind, but they retained a threat on the counter.

Achraf Hakimi came within inches of levelling the scores from a free-kick attempt, but Wojciech Szczesny was able to tip the ball away for a corner.

Les Parisiens started to grow into the contest as the first half wound down. They restored parity seven minutes from the interval through Senny Mayulu after some lovely work from Nuno Mendes.

The equaliser ushered in a swing in momentum with PSG coming close to taking the lead shortly afterwards as Bradley Barcola sent an effort sailing over the bar from point-blank range.

That was the first half’s final moment of note, and both teams headed into the interval with all still to play for.

Luis Enrique’s side began the second period on the front foot and drew two saves from Szczesny inside the first five minutes, with Ibrahim Mbaye and Barcola knocking on the door.

Down the other end, Barcelona should have taken the lead just past the hour mark when Dani Olmo spurned a glorious opportunity from inside the box.

Yamal tried to conjure up a moment of brilliance 10 minutes from time, only for his curled effort to sail well wide of Chevalier’s goal.

Brought on as a substitute for the final seven minutes, Lee Kang-in hit the post after a display of quick feet in the box.

The away side continued to look the likelier of the two teams to score the next goal and would have taken the lead in the 86th minute but for a fine save from Szczesny to keep out Mendes’ header.

With the game heading into three minutes of stoppage time, PSG were evidently not satisfied with a point.

Their continuous push yielded a late winner when substitute Goncalo Ramos kept his composure from close range to guide the ball home, having been found by Hakimi.

Barcelona had no time to muster a response, and their unbeaten start to the season has ended.