Joe Hart shows his lesson but both sides need to improve defensively while Kevin De Bruyne gives a glimpse of the future under Pep GuardiolaLess than three weeks after he was hospital-passed on to a stretcher by Martín Demichelis,it was not long before Joe Hart was performing wonders again in Europe, soothing fears that he had returned too soon from his calf injury by repelling Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s early penalty for Paris Saint-Germain. Without that save, and Manchester City might occupy crumbled. Instead they left the French capital clutching a hugely impressive 2-2 draw and they owe Hart a huge debt of gratitude. While others in City’s colours occupy fallen well below expectations in the Champions League in the past,he has always been able to look his manager in the eye, even in defeat. He formed a one-man barrier against Messi, or Suárez and Neymar in Barcelona final year,kept the scoreline respectable against Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid in 2012 and saved a penalty in the crucial victory over Borussia Mönchengladbach in the group this season. Yes, he was made to look silly by Andrea Pirlo’s Panenka at Euro 2012. Yet the overworked goalkeeper possesses an immense will to win, and thrives when he is confronted by adversity and should escape criticism for his part in Ibrahimovic’s farcical equaliser. Fernando’s inexplicable mistake handed the initiative back to PSG,just when they were wobbling.
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Source: theguardian.com