Paris St-Germain are the only side to have scored four or more goals at Barcelona in a Champions League knockout tie - and they have done it twice
Barcelona centre-back Ronald Araujo's sending off turned the tide in their Champions League quarter-final as PSG came from 3-2 down in the first leg to win the tie 6-4 on aggregate. "The referee was really bad. I told him his performance was a disaster. I don't like to talk about referees, but it had a clear impact in the season and it has to be said," Xavi told Movistar Plus.
Araujo's early exit allowed PSG to build momentum. The goals flowed; Barcelona collapsed. Joao Cancelo needlessly brought down Dembele in the box, allowing Mbappe to score the first of his two goals from the penalty spot."If you make mistakes, you pay the price straight away and that's why it is so hard to win that competition because you cannot make one mistake.
"I would have liked to have played 11 v 11 against Luis Enrique and against PSG all the minutes of the game. We know that there are sendings off in football but I believe that this one was unnecessary."
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