Quickfire Doué and Dembélé inspire PSG to wild win at Manchester City

Désiré Doué, Ousmane Dembélé, Vitinha and Maghnes Akliouche all found the net as Paris Saint-Germain ran out 4-2 winners against a stunned Manchester City, with Erling Haaland’s double not enough to claw back a result A penny for Pep Guardiola’s thoughts. The legendary Manchester City manager was back at the Etihad Stadium for the first time since his departure at the end of last season and, well, the announcement of you-know-what. Sporting a flat cap, Guardiola took his seat in the stands behind the City chair, Khaldoon al-Mubarak, and the chief executive, Ferran “Not” Soriano, and, certainly, the TV director seemed intent on scrutinising him – if the number of cutaway shots to him were any guide.

Everybody knows where Guardiola stands on the great City scandal; the numerous guilty verdicts handed down to them on the 100-plus charges they have faced for breaking the Premier League’s financial rules. He has backed his former employers to somehow disprove them. But what did he make of his old team here against the might of the defending European