Two clubs who made a habit of reaching the latter stages of the Champions League in recent years find themselves on the brink of elimination as they meet in the new-look competition

Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City met in the UEFA Champions League at Parc des Princes on Wednesday in one of the most critical league phase games. The Ligue 1 titleholders and their English Premier League counterparts are both staring down the barrel at potential continental elimination after poor runs of form this European season.

The eighth instalment of ‘El Cashico’, as the petrodollar derby between Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City could be dubbed, was never designed to be so fraught with jeopardy.