Psg Vs Monaco: PSG advance after 2-2 draw (5-4 agg) as holders reach last 16
Paris Saint-Germain progressed to the Champions League last 16 after a 2-2 draw with Monaco on the night and a 5-4 aggregate win, a match decided by a second yellow card for Mamadou Coulibaly and quick responses from PSG. The result matters because a sending-off and two swift PSG goals turned a slender first-half Monaco lead into qualification for the holders.
Maghnes Akliouche opens scoring for Monaco
Monaco went ahead just before half-time when Mamadou Coulibaly threaded a pass through to Maghnes Akliouche, whose first-time finish struck the post and nest led to the ball hitting the bottom corner. Earlier in the half the visitors had threatened when Akliouche weighed a clever pass into the box, but Coulibaly's subsequent attempt flew high over the bar.
Psg Vs Monaco: Mamadou Coulibaly shown two yellow cards in three minutes
The match pivoted shortly before the hour mark when Coulibaly, already on a booking picked up three minutes earlier, was shown a second yellow for a tackle on Achraf Hakimi and was sent off. The dismissal immediately altered the balance: PSG levelled almost at once as Marquinhos finished from Desire Doue's low cross, and the numerical advantage directly preceded the decisive second PSG goal.
Marquinhos and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia score after red card
Marquinhos equalised for PSG almost immediately after the red card, finishing from a low cross delivered by Desire Doue. In the 66th minute Khvicha Kvaratskhelia put PSG ahead when he fired in from close range after Hakimi's low strike was parried into his path by Monaco goalkeeper Philipp Kohn. Those two strikes turned Monaco's one-goal lead into a position PSG could protect for the remainder of the match.
Thilo Kehrer heads just wide as Monaco push early pressure
Monaco had shown early intent: Thilo Kehrer came within a whisker of giving them the lead with a header that went just wide, creating early pressure on Paris Saint-Germain. That opening-phase chance underlined Monaco's attacking intent before the half-time breakthrough by Akliouche.
Jordan Teze consolation and next-round implications
In stoppage time Jordan Teze struck into the bottom corner for Monaco, a late consolation that left the scoreline at 2-2 on the night but 5-4 on aggregate in PSG's favour. The holders will face either Chelsea or Barcelona in the next round and will discover their opponents in the knockout draw on Friday at 11: 00 GMT. What makes this notable is how quickly events shifted: an early-headed chance, a first-half finish and then a sending-off produced three goals in little more than 20 minutes.
Broadcasters have made multiple ways to follow Champions League action available: highlights of every Champions League game will be shown from 22: 00 on Wednesday on iPlayer and the Sport website and app, and there will be a Champions League Match of the Day on One on Wednesday from 22: 40 to 00: 00. The fixture was also presented as part of UEFA Champions League play-off coverage that can be streamed on TNT Sports and discovery+, which also carry the Premier League, Men’s and Women’s FA Cup, the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Conference League.
Additional match context: Monaco finished the game with 10 men after Coulibaly's dismissal, Philipp Kohn made the save that led to Kvaratskhelia's goal, and PSG advanced as holders following the 5-4 aggregate outcome. Fans had an opportunity to rate players; after that window closed the score shown reflected the average of submissions by users. Match momentum metrics were available, measuring the swing by comparing each team’s threat minute by minute, with the momentum value representing the difference between each team’s most dangerous moment.
All named participants in the decisive passages—Mamadou Coulibaly, Maghnes Akliouche, Marquinhos, Desire Doue, Achraf Hakimi, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Philipp Kohn, Jordan Teze and Thilo Kehrer—featured in the sequence of events that produced the 2-2 draw and the 5-4 aggregate result that sends PSG into the Champions League last 16.
