PSG defeated Bayern Munich 5-4 in a thrilling Champions League semifinal first leg. The match featured standout performances, including braces from Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Ousmane Dembele.
Key points
PSG won 5-4 against Bayern Munich in the Champions League semifinal.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Ousmane Dembele each scored two goals.
Joao Neves also scored for PSG.
Harry Kane scored the opening penalty for Bayern Munich.
The match featured a record number of goals.
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Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich have each played some of the very best attacking football in Europe this season. As such, their Champions League semifinal showdown was keenly anticipated.
Visitors Bayern opened the scoring through a Harry Kane penalty before finding themselves 2-1 and 5-2 behind on a coruscating night at the Parc des Princes.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia continued a majestic Champions League campaign with a brilliant brace, Ballon d'Or winner Ousmane Dembele netted a controversial penalty as part of his own double, and the diminutive Joao Neves powered home a header.
Both teams fought fire with fire throughout, and the Bavarians were far from cooked even three goals down. Bayern centre-back Dayot Upamecano earned some respite with a second-half goal that was sandwiched by efforts from Michael Olise and Luis Diaz, as every starting forward on the pitch came to the party.
Q&A
What was the final score of the PSG vs Bayern Munich Champions League match?
PSG won the match 5-4 against Bayern Munich.
Who scored the goals for PSG in the semifinal against Bayern Munich?
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Ousmane Dembele each scored two goals, with Joao Neves adding another.
What records were set during the PSG vs Bayern Munich Champions League match?
The match saw multiple records tumble, including high-scoring performances from both teams.
How did Bayern Munich score in the Champions League semifinal against PSG?
Bayern Munich opened the scoring with a penalty from Harry Kane.
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PSG vs. Bayern Munich breaks Champions League semifinal goal record
Dembele's stoppage-time penalty gave Paris Saint-Germain a half-time lead. It also meant this tie had the most goals in the first half of any semifinal in Champions League history.
The final scoreline of 5-4 was also the first time nine goals had been scored in a single semi-final game.
It was also the first European semifinal game in which both teams scored four goals.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia of PSG
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia of PSG
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You have to go back way beyond the Champions League era to find a European Cup semifinal with nine goals in the game. Eintracht Frankfurt beat Rangers 6-3 to book their place in the 1960 final 12-4 on aggregate. In the showpiece, they were beaten 7-3 by Real Madrid – the sort of final PSG and Bayern might have produced had they been on different sides of the draw.
PSG 5-4 Bayern sits joint fifth in the ranking of all-time highest scoring Champions League matches, as one of 10 matches to produce nine goals.
It is the second nine-goal match in this season's competition, after Barcelona beat Newcastle 7-2 in the second leg of their last-16 encounter.
The next record in the sights of both teams – one that looks very achievable if the first leg is anything to go by – is the record of 13 goals across a two-legged knockout tie.
This has happened twice in semifinals: Inter Milan beat Barcelona 7-6 on aggregate last season, while Liverpool did likewise to Roma in 2018.
On a night where attackers starred on both sides of the ball, it left the goalkeepers with a brutal day at the office.
While Matvey Safonov managed to have a few good moments, including a number of times he powerfully came off his line to punch a Bayern Munich corner away, Manuel Neuer had almost no positive plays through the 90 minutes.
Instead, the aging legend was left rooted to the spots on a number of occasions, most glaringly on Ousmane Dembele's open play goal where he pinged a shot in off the inside of the near post while Neuer just watched it go by.
Now 40 years old, Neuer has been slowly becoming a bigger and bigger problem for Bayern Munich, and that was on full display today. According to ESPN Stats & Research, Neuer became the first goalkeeper over at least the last 16 years to concede at least five goals in a Champions League match without making a single save on the night.
PSG vs. Bayern stats: Kvaratskhelia dazzles in all-star forward feast
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia's brace took him on to 15 goal involvements in the Champions League overall this season, past the 14 that Ousmane Dembele racked up en route to glory last season.
Incredibly, the Georgia star has 10 goals and five assists in the Champions League in 2025/26, set against seven goals and two assists in Ligue 1.
Harry Kane moved on to 13 goals and two assists in the Champions League this season. He is only two behind the now-eliminated Kylian Mbappe in this season's Golden Boot race.
Kane also became the first English player to score in six consecutive Champions League matches.
Bayern and PSG could each topple collective records next week. Barcelona's haul of 45 goals in 1999/00 is the most a single team has scored in a Champions League campaign. After their mayhem in Paris, PSG have 43 in 2025/26 and Bayern have 42.