Champions League Debrief: Man City stunned by PSG
Football Daily
BBC
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🗓️ 23 January 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Manchester City's Champions League hopes are hanging in the balance after a 4-2 defeat at Paris St-Germain.
Steve Crossman presents reaction to all of Wednesday night's games, with Football Correspondent John Murray alongside former England defender Matt Upson at the Parc des Princes.
Champions League winner Gary Cahill joins to give his analysis, before the podcast moves on to Celtic's 1-0 victory over Young Boys, which guarantees that Brendan Rodgers' side will play in the knockout play-off round.
Arsenal all but secured their place in the last 16 of the Champions League with a comfortable 3-0 win over Croatian side Dinamo Zagreb at Emirates Stadium.
Football reporter John Bennett offers insight on the night's other games, while you can also hear the post-match thoughts of Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola, Celtic striker Adam Idah, and Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice. TIMECODES:
01:18 - PSG 4-2 Manchester City 16:53 - Celtic 1-0 Young Boys 21:17 - Arsenal 3-0 Dinamo Zagreb 24:55 - Other matches
5 Live and BBC Sounds commentaries this week:
Wednesday 22nd January: PSG v Manchester City – Champions League – 8pm KO – 5 Live Celtic v Young Boys - Champions League – 8pm KO – 5 Sports Extra
Thursday 23rd January: Manchester United v Rangers – Europa League – 8pm KO – 5 Live
Saturday 25th January: Aston Villa v Manchester City – WSL – 12pm KO – 5 Sports Extra Wolves v Arsenal – Premier League – 3pm KO – 5 Live Manchester City v Chelsea – Premier League - 5.30pm KO – 5 Live
Sunday 26th January: Tottenham v Leicester – Premier League – 2pm KO – 5 Live Crystal Palace v Brentford – Premier League – 2pm KO – 5 Sports Extra Aston Villa v West Ham – Premier League - 4.30pm KO – 5 Live
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| 0:48.5 | What an evening we've had in the Champions League. |
| 0:51.2 | We're going to wrap it all up. |
| 0:52.8 | Loads to get through will give you all of the |
| 0:54.5 | big stories involving Manchester City, who somehow, some way, in the Champions League are 25th |
| 1:01.0 | after a crazy night in Paris. Arsenal looking very secure of their spot automatically in the last |
| 1:06.2 | 16 of the Champions League. And Celtic as well. Victorious knockout round Champions League football returns to Scotland. |
| 1:13.9 | So a massive story there as well. |
| 1:16.1 | We'll also tell you about some of the big stories involving that the non-British clubs, |
| 1:19.4 | Bayern Munich, were beaten heavily by and our 15th in the Champions League table. |
| 1:24.5 | So they're in trouble. |
| 1:25.8 | Remember, the final is in their stadium this season. |
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