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PSG humiliate Barcelona 4-0
The Parisians were on rampage as the whitewashed Barcelona 4-0 in the first leg of the 1/16 stage of the UEFA on Tuesday night.
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Angel Di Maria started the scoring through a sumptuous freekick when he placed the ball at the blind side of Marc Andre ter Stegen.
Before Julien Draxler in his debut UEFA Champions League game for PSG doubled his side’s lead.
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After the half time break, Angel Di Maria marked his 29th birthday with a brace to make it 3-0 in favour of the Parisians and another birthday celebrant Edson Cavani finished off perfectly after he was put through to complete the onslaught.
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Barca's joint-heaviest defeat - the stats
Paris St-Germain became the sixth team to score four goals in a Champions League game vs Barcelona (after Milan, Dynamo Kiev, Valencia, Chelsea and Bayern Munich).
Indeed, this was Barcelona's joint-heaviest defeat in the competition (0-4 vs Milan in 1994, Dynamo Kiev in 1997 and Bayern Munich in 2013).
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Angel Di Maria has scored four goals in the Champions League this season - his best return in a single campaign.
Only Lionel Messi (10) has scored more goals in the Champions League this season than Edinson Cavani (seven).
No side has ever turned round a 4+ goal deficit to progress in a Champions League knockout tie.
Barca faced 10 shots on target vs PSG - their joint-highest in a Champions League match since 2003-04 (also vs Bayer Leverkusen in December 2015).
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