Ruthless PSG hit seven past Leverkusen to maintain perfect Champions League start

Holders Paris Saint-Germain produced a devastating attacking performance to crush Bayer Leverkusen 7-2 and extend their flawless start to the Champions League group stage, Sport360NG reports.

Desire Doué scored twice, while Willian Pacho, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Nuno Mendes, Ousmane Dembélé and Vitinha all found the net as PSG made it three wins from three in emphatic style.

Pacho opened the scoring in the seventh minute, rising to meet Mendes’ curling cross with a firm header. Leverkusen were handed a lifeline midway through the first half when Illia Zabarnyi fouled Claudio Echeverri in the box, but Alejandro Grimaldo’s penalty came back off the post.

Moments later, the hosts’ problems deepened as captain Robert Andrich saw his yellow card upgraded to red following a VAR review for an elbow on Doué. PSG’s man advantage was short-lived, however, with Zabarnyi dismissed for hauling down Christian Kofane in the area.

Aleix Garcia made no mistake from the spot to draw Leverkusen level, but the equaliser only sparked a PSG onslaught. Within minutes, Doué restored the lead with a precise finish, Kvaratskhelia struck with a first-time effort that bounced in off both posts, and Doué added another with a curling shot to make it 4-1 before the interval.

The visitors picked up where they left off after the break, as Vitinha sliced through Leverkusen’s midfield to release Mendes, who drilled in PSG’s fifth. Garcia’s spectacular 30-yard strike briefly lifted the home crowd, but substitute Dembele, making his return from injury, tapped in at the back post just three minutes after coming on.

Vitinha rounded off the scoring in the 90th minute with a composed low finish to cap PSG’s dominant display.

Despite struggling domestically, with just one win in their past four Ligue 1 outings and top spot now occupied by Marseille, PSG’s European form remains imperious.