France, Oct. 15 -- France internationals Desire Doue and Ousmane Dembele both scored within two minutes to give the defending champions control of the tie after 15 minutes at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester.

PSG's midfield maestro Vitinha added the third just after the half hour mark.

Manchester City warmed up for the clash with a 3-0 win over Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday afternoon to maintain their perfect start to the English Premier League campaign while PSG dispatched Le Mans 3-1 on Saturday night at the Parc des Princes to move up to fifth in Ligue 1.

And the hosts eventually warmed to their task eight minutes after the pause. Erling Haaland headed the ball past the PSG goalkeeper Matvey Safanov to reduce the deficit.

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