Achraf Hakimi found the back of the net as Paris Saint-Germain defeated Borussia Dortmund 2-0 in their UEFA Champions League Group F opener at the Parc des Princes on Tuesday night.
The Parisians reached the Round of 16 last season, losing 3-0 on aggregate to Bayern Munich and hired 2015-winning coach with Barcelona, Luis Enrique, this summer, to get the French capital outfit closer to winning Europe’s elite club competition.
PSG were the superior sides on their turf against Dortmund and took the lead in the 49th minute courtesy of Kylian Mbappe’s penalty after defender Niklas Sule handled the ball in the box. It It was the Franco-Cameroonian’s 35th Champions League goal, putting him level with retired French legend Thierry Henry. It was also the seventh conservative season Mbappe scored for PSG in the Champions League, putting him level with Edinson Cavani
35 – Paris Saint-Germain’s Kylian Mbappé now scored 35 goals for PSG in the UEFA Champions League (level with Thierry Henry at Arsenal), only Karim Benzema for Real Madrid (78) has a Frenchman scored more goals for a specific side in the competition. Rooster. #PSGBVB pic.twitter.com/WDCmoVHac7
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Hakimi doubled PSG’s lead nine minutes later with a deft finish after taking a Dortmund defender to the cleaners. It was the Morocco international’s second goal of the season and third goal involvement after providing an assist for Mbappe during the 3-2 Ligue 1 defeat by OGC Nice last Friday.
PSG have early control of Group F after AC Milan and Newcastle United played out a goalless draw at the San Siro in the other group game.
