PSG celebrate their second goal against Borussia Dortmund
PSG celebrate their second goal against Borussia Dortmund

PSG 2-0 Borussia Dortmund (3-2 agg): Neymar and Juan Bernat send Ligue 1 champions through


First-half strikes from Neymar and Juan Bernat were enough to send PSG through to the Champions League quarter-finals with victory over Borussia Dortmund.

The Brazilian gave the Ligue 1 champions the lead with a header from close range after he connected with Angel Di Maria's cross in the 28th minute.

Just before the break, Bernat's left-footed effort found the bottom corner to put PSG ahead on aggregate.

Borussia Dortmund pushed to find the goal that would have forced extra-time but they failed to really test Keylor Navas in the hosts' net.

The night was made worse for the visitors when Emre Can was shown a red card in the closing minutes after he clashed with PSG players following a tackle near the sideline.

In Wednesday's other Champions League fixture, holders Liverpool were sent crashing out after three extra-time goals gave Atletico Madrid victory.

Match highlights

PSG vs Borussia Dortmund (2-0) | UEFA Champions League highlights

Opta facts

  • PSG remain unbeaten in each of their eight home matches with German sides in all European competition (W7 D1), progressing to the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time since 2015-16.
  • Borussia Dortmund have been eliminated from a major European two-legged tie when winning the first leg for only the second time in the club’s history, also falling out at the last 16 stage during the 1987-88 UEFA Cup to Club Brugge.
  • Paris Saint Germain have reached the Champions League quarter-finals for the sixth different season, hitting this stage on more occasions than any other French side.
  • Neymar has had a direct hand in 14 goals in just eight home Champions League appearances or PSG, scoring 10 times and assisting a further four. Indeed, he has now scored six Champions League goals versus German sides, only netting more versus Scottish & French opposition (7 each).
  • With Erling Haaland (19y 234d) and Jadon Sancho (19y 352d) both starting tonight vs PSG, Borussia Dortmund have now been responsible for each of the last four occasions in the competition more than one teenager has started a knockout match for single side.
  • PSG’s Brazilian defender Marquinhos tonight made his 50th Champions League start for the French club – only Marco Verratti (54) and Thiago Silva (56) have managed more for the French Champions.
  • Paris have scored in each of their last 32 Champions League games (85 goals), the second longest run in the history of the competition after Real Madrid between May 2011 and April 2014 (34).
  • PSG winger Ángel Di María has been directly involved in six goals in the Champions League this season (2 goals, 4 assists), only managing more during a single campaign back in 2013-14 with Real Madrid (8).
  • Juan Bernat has scored four Champions League goals in 15 appearances for PSG, double the number he netted in 25 matches for Bayern Munich in the competition (2).
  • Dortmund midfielder Emre Can has become just the third player in Champions League history to be sent off on more than one occasion against the same side in the competition, after Joël Veltman (v Barcelona) and Zlatan Ibrahimovic (v Bayern Munich).

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