Utterly ridiculous! PSG beat Bayern in NINE-goal Champions League epic

Paris Saint-Germain vs Bayern Munich. UEFA Champions League Semi-Final.

>Match report as PSG beat Bayern Munich in Champions League epic to win semi-final first leg 5-4 in Paris; Ousmane Dembele and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia both score twice in first European semi-final to see both teams score four or more goals; pair meet next Wednesday in Germany for second leg

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>A nine-goal Champions League classic saw holders PSG sensationally beat Bayern Munich 5-4 in the first leg of their semi-final in Paris.

>The goal-fest, which saw Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer fail to make a save, was the first time in a European semi-final match that both teams scored four or more goals.

>It was also the joint-highest scoring semi-final match in European Cup history after Rangers' 6-3 loss to Eintracht Frankfurt in 1960.

>A remarkable five-goal first half at the Parc des Princes saw PSG lead 3-2 at half-time through Ousmane Dembele's stoppage-time penalty.

>Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Dembele then both scored in the space of 143 seconds to put PSG 5-2 up in the 58th minute.

>But Bayern hit back with two goals in three minutes through Dayot Upamecano and Luis Diaz to make it 5-4 in the 68th minute and give them hope for next Wednesday's return leg in Germany.

>If five goals are scored at the Allianz Arena in the second leg, then this will become the highest-scoring Champions League knockout tie in history - and man-of-the-match Dembele is predicting another goal-laden game in Munich.

>He told Canal+ Foot: "It was a match between two great teams who attack, who don't hesitate.

>"We're happy with the result, even though at 5-2 we stopped playing a bit towards the end.

>"We're not going to change our philosophy. We're going to attack, and they're going to attack too. So I think it's going to be a great second match."

>A topsy-turvy clash began with Harry Kane scoring a 17th-minute penalty opener for his 59th goal for club and country this season.

>Kvaratskhelia, who scored twice in the win, quickly grabbed a superb leveller before Joao Neves headed PSG into the lead in the 33rd minute.

>Michael Olise smashed in a 41st-minute equaliser only for Dembele to score a controversial penalty in the fifth minute of added time for an Alphonso Davies handball, which was given after a VAR review at the pitchside monitor despite Dembele's cross striking Davies' leg before making contact with his arm.

>Luis Enrique's side then looked to be in complete control early in the second half as Kvaratskhelia swept home before Dembele scored a lovely goal in off the post to give PSG a three-goal lead.

>But Upamecano's 65th-minute header set up a Bayern fightback as three minutes later Diaz wonderfully brought down Kane's lobbed pass to fire past PSG goalkeeper Matvey Safonov.

>The ex-Liverpool forward's goal was initially ruled out for offside before a VAR check overturned the decision to give the German champions hope of reaching a first Champions League final in six years.

>Kane labelled the defending in the nine-goal thriller as "amazing" - but Wayne Rooney disagreed.

>Kane told Amazon Prime: "Even though there was nine goals scored, there was some amazing defending out there.

>"You've got the best players in the world. The best attackers, the best defenders. Of course, sometimes the attackers are going to come out on top and show their quality.

>"When you go back and look at the centre-halves playing in midfield, in attack sometimes, out wide against the wingers, credit to them. It's a really hard job. I thought they were outstanding."

>He told Amazon Prime: "I love Harry Kane. Everyone can see that on the words I say about him. But, there's no way he can be praising his defenders.

>"Maybe because they are his team-mates. He's trying to give them a bit of confidence for next week. The defending from both teams was really bad. If he's being honest.

>"Both teams have so much quality at the top end of the pitch that they probably forgot to defend. That means we get to enjoy some great goals."

>He added: "It was a crazy and chaotic game. Both teams have got so much quality at the top end of the pitch that they probably forget to defend a little bit.

>"Luis Enrique is a top coach so when they get the advantage of 5-2, I think he should have said 'let's shut up shop and get behind the ball'.

>"But they went for more goals and Vincent Kompany has got a very attack-minded (Bayern) team.

>"We saw some immature defending, which is crazy."

>Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher speaking on CBS Sports:

>"Normally when I see a game like that I'll say 'the defending is not good enough' or 'it is not up to the standard of this level of football'.

>"But what I would say is: Every attacking player on the pitch was an eight or nine out of 10. Every attacking player got the better of their counterpart.

>"When I remember the goals, it wasn't like there was a goalkeeper howler or something stupid defensively, it felt like the goals were just great goals.

>"It wasn't like defenders made a fool of themselves. The attacking play was that high it was almost impossible to stop the goals."

>"We've been talking a lot about teams who don't take enough risks. We talk about teams not losing the game rather than winning it.

>"Tonight we had plenty of risk. If we have our defensive hats on you might go crazy with what you saw tonight.

>"People have been complaining football is boring. That game was not boring. It was just crazy at times."

>Before next Wednesday's return leg in Bavaria, PSG face Lorient in Ligue 1 on Saturday afternoon.

>Already crowned champions of Germany, Bayern Munich face the Bundesliga's bottom side, Heidenheim, on Saturday.

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