Liverpool are in the Champions League for the 13th time. They won the competition for the sixth time in 2018/19.
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Christopher Nkunku
In a game where Leipzig are expected to come out all guns blazing, Christopher Nkunku is set to play a vital role for the visitors in their attempts to break down the depleted Liverpool backline.
The former PSG attacker was one of the star performers in Leipzig’s recent win over Freiburg. It could be different against Liverpool, with Nkunku likely to cause a menace for the backline with his marauding runs and excellent technical awareness.
The Frenchman is also capable of releasing very useful forward balls – making it easier for his team to find themselves in good positions. Alexander Sorloth, in particular, is hoping for some quality support from Nkunku this midweek as the duo look to continue their fiery form in front of goal.
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Match Preview: Paris Saint-Germain Vs Barcelona
Aiming to channel the spirits of the 2016-17 La Remontada heroes, Barcelona travel to the Parc des Princes on Wednesday hoping to overturn a 4-1 deficit from the first leg of their Champions League last-16 battle with Paris Saint-Germain.
Lionel Messi broke the deadlock against his long-term admirers from the penalty spot at Camp Nou before Kylian Mbappe’s hat-trick and Moise Kean’s effort saw PSG put one foot firmly in the quarter-finals of Europe’s elite competition.
By chalking up a trio of goals on the Catalans’ famed turf, Mbappe became just the third player of all time to score a Champions League hat-trick against Barcelona - following in the footsteps of Faustino Asprilla and Andriy Shevchenko - while another goal on Wednesday would see him become the youngest player in the history of the tournament to hit 25 goals - a record currently held by none other than Messi himself.
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Form Guide
Paris Saint-Germain Champions League form:
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Paris Saint-Germain form (all competitions):
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Barcelona Champions League form:
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Team News
There was initial optimism over Neymar’s availability for this match, but PSG confirmed on Monday that the Brazilian attacker will not be ready to face his former club this week.
With Alessandro Florenzi expected to overcome a muscular problem in time to line up at the Parc des Princes, PSG only have three confirmed absentees in Neymar, Moise Kean (coronavirus) and Juan Bernat (ACL) for the second leg.
Barcelona are not so lucky on the injury front as Gerard Pique, Sergi Roberto and Ronald Araujo have all exacerbated previous injuries following their comebacks, and the trio will play no part in the second leg.
Attacking duo Ansu Fati and Philippe Coutinho are definitely out of this game, while Jordi Alba fell awkwardly on his arm against Osasuna but should be available for the second leg.
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Head to Head
Wednesday’s second leg represents the 13th meeting between PSG and Barcelona in the Champions League, with the hosts boasting four wins compared to La Blaugrana’s five.
A clean sheet for either team would be a novelty in this fixture, as 37 goals have been scored in the last nine meetings between PSG and Barca since 2012, with Neymar (7) and Messi (5) leading the way in terms of goals.
PSG have notched up at least two strikes in four of their five home meetings with the Blaugrana in the Champions League, and should Barcelona somehow turn the tie around on Wednesday, they will become the first team ever in Europe’s big league to progress after a first-leg home defeat by three goals.
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Liverpool 2-0 RB Leipzig (Leg 1 - 16 Feb)
PSG 4-1 Barcelona (Leg 1 - 16 Feb)
The deciders! Which 2 teams ya got? 
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Can Messi overcome Navas & repeat La Remontada?
Barcelona 6–1 PSG, also known as La Remontada (“The Comeback”), the result of the second leg of a UCL tie which occurred on 8 March 2017 at the Camp Nou in Barcelona.
FC Barcelona overcame a four-goal deficit in the second leg of their 2016–17 UCL round of 16 tie against PSG to win 6–5 on aggregate, making it the largest comeback in UEFA Champions League history.
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La Remontada - The movie - Barca vs PSG 6-1
But then there was Neymar, Suarez and Iniesta… 
Barcelona
L. Suárez 
3’
Kurzawa 40’ (o.g.)
Messi 50’ (pen.)
Neymar 88’, 90+1’ (pen.)
Sergi Roberto 90+5’
PSG
Cavani 62’
Enjoy this short movie capturing the intense moments of this historic comeback! 
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Cristiano Ronaldo’s last 15 UCL campaigns:
2007: SF
2008: 
2009: 
2010: R16
2011: SF
2012: SF
2013: SF
2014:
2015: SF
2016:
2017:
2018:
2019: QF
2020: R16
2021: R16
Back-to-back first knockout round exits. 
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PSG have won two of their last three games against Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League, as many as they had managed against the Catalan giants in their first eight meetings in the competition (W2 D3 L3).
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In the history of the European Cup/Champions League, no team has ever progressed from a knockout round over two legs after losing the first leg at home by a margin of three goals.
Can Messi and Barcelona break this record tonight? 
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Barcelona have only won one of their last nine away games in the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League (D3 L5). They have scored just three goals across these nine games.
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PSG have found the back of the net at least once in each of their last 22 Champions League games at the Parc des Princes (61 goals), in a run that dates back to December 2015.
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PSG XI: Navas; Florenzi, Marquinhos, Kimpembe, Kurzawa; Gueye, Paredes, Verratti; Draxler, Mbappé, Icardi.
Barcelona XI: Ter Stegen; Dest, Mingueza, Lenglet, Alba; Busquets, De Jong, Pedri; Messi, Dembélé, Griezmann.
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