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\nKylian Mbappe scored twice as Paris St-Germain produced a superb away performance to beat title holders Bayern Munich in a thrilling Champions League quarter-final first leg.
\nThis was a meeting between last year\u2019s finalists and they both contributed in a hugely entertaining game that in itself would have been worthy of being the final of the competition.
\nMbappe took just three minutes to make his mark as he was fed by Neymar and the striker thumped a drive through Manuel Neuer\u2019s legs.
\nMarquinhos doubled the lead for the French champion\u2019s midway through the first half with a neat finish from a great ball by Neymar before ex-PSG striker Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting headed home to halve the deficit.
\nNeuer made amends for his earlier mistake by denying Neymar from point-blank range early in the second half, before Keylor Navas kept out strikes from David Alaba and Benjamin Pavard at the other end.
\nBut Bayern Munich kept up the pressure and deservedly leveled on the hour mark when Thomas Muller guided a header into the back of the net from Joshua Kimmich\u2019s free-kick.
\nHowever, Mbappe had the final say as he swept a low strike through Jerome Boateng\u2019s legs late on to give PSG a third crucial away goal heading into the second leg.
\nThis was another eye-catching result in Europe for Mauricio Pochettino\u2019s side after they thrashed Barcelona 4-1 in the first leg of their last-16 tie.
\nThat win was all the more impressive as it happened at the Nou Camp and PSG once again went to the home of a European giant to pull off a shock result.
\nAgainst a side that had not lost any of its previous 19 games in the Champions League – with 18 of those victories – the visitors produced a tactically brilliant display as they stood up to Bayern\u2019s relentless attacks before utilising the pace of Neymar and Mbappe to pick them off on the break.
\nPSG were undoubtedly helped by the absence of Robert Lewandowski in the Bayern side as the hosts had 31 chances on goal but that should take nothing away from an excellent performance by Pochettino\u2019s side that sets things up nicely for when the two sides meet in Paris on Tuesday, 13 April<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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