Record nine goals scored in semi-final first leg
‘We fought and we’re back in the tie,’ says Harry Kane
Luis Enrique called it “the best match I have ever coached”. Vincent Kompany called it “unbelievable”. Marquinhos said it was “crazy”. Harry Kane took a different tack, choosing instead to praise the defending on show after Paris Saint-Germain’s 5-4 defeat of Bayern Munich, the most goal-laden Champions League semi-final first leg ever staged, and perhaps also the most relentlessly exciting.
“It was amazing,” Luis Enrique said. “It had amazing rhythm, trying to play offensive football, trying to show their quality. I think everybody had fun watching the match. I’m happy because we won.”
Kompany had watched from an executive box, chaperoned by a Uefa steward after his touchline yellow card against Real Madrid in the last round. “It was different for me to watch,” he told TNT Sports, at the end of a game in which his team took the lead, then at one stage trailed by three goals.
