Manchester City 1-1 Paris Saint-Germain: Elimbi Gilbert keeps hosts winless in Champions League

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ShareManchester City looked set to earn their first win in the 2026-27 Women's Champions League, but a late PSG equaliser denied them.A late equaliser from Tara Elimbi Gilbert kept Manchester City winless after three matchdays in the Women's Champions League, as they drew 1-1 with Paris Saint-Germain.It looked as though the Women's Super League champions would record their first victory in Europe this term when Khadija Shaw converted an 85th-minute penalty, but they were unable to hold on as Elimbi Gilbert struck after coming off the bench.The best chance created by either team during a low-key first half saw Shaw fire wide following a lovely outside-of-the-boot pass from Lauren Hemp, with PSG starting tentatively but working their way into the contest by the interval. City came on strong again in the second half, with Aoba Fujino firing over the crossbar from a tight angle before Oliwia Szperkowska got down brilliantly to thwart the unmarked Shaw from their best chance yet.The Jamaica forward prodded over in another opening before going down under Griedge Mbock's challenge to win a late spot-kick, which she fired into the bottom-left corner even with Szperkowska diving the right way.But Mbock was involved in PSG's equaliser three minutes later, playing in Elimbi Gilbert for a composed finish through the legs of Ayaka Yamashita, lifting PSG to five points and leaving City on three. City's European struggles continueWhile City's WSL title defence has started strongly, with Andree Jeglertz's side taking 19 points from seven games to sit level with Chelsea at the top of the table, their domestic form has not translated to Europe.Dating back to last season, City are winless in four Champions League games (D3 L1), their joint-longest run in the competition, alongside another four-match streak in 2018.City had 15 shots to PSG's nine, though their expected goals (xG) figure of 2.01 was greatly boosted by Shaw's penalty. PSG only managed 0.78 xG, with 0.34 of that tally coming from Elimbi Gilbert's goal.PSG are now unbeaten in their opening three games of this season's league phase (W1 D2), marking their best such start in the competition since winning all six group-stage matches in 2021-22.In Thursday's other games, there were big away wins for Barcelona, who have nine points on the board after three games, and Juventus.The reigning champions thumped Danish outfit Koge 8-0 with Claudia Pina helping herself to a brace and six other players on target, while Juve triumphed 4-1 at Austria Wien.Manchester City looked set to earn their first win in the 2026-27 Women's Champions League, but a late PSG equaliser denied them.A late equaliser from Tara Elimbi Gilbert kept Manchester City winless after three matchdays in the Women's Champions League, as they drew 1-1 with Paris Saint-Germain.It looked as though the Women's Super League champions would record their first victory in Europe this term when Khadija Shaw converted an 85th-minute penalty, but they were unable to hold on as Elimbi Gilbert struck after coming off the bench.The best chance created by either team during a low-key first half saw Shaw fire wide following a lovely outside-of-the-boot pass from Lauren Hemp, with PSG starting tentatively but working their way into the contest by the interval. City came on strong again in the second half, with Aoba Fujino firing over the crossbar from a tight angle before Oliwia Szperkowska got down brilliantly to thwart the unmarked Shaw from their best chance yet.The Jamaica forward prodded over in another opening before going down under Griedge Mbock's challenge to win a late spot-kick, which she fired into the bottom-left corner even with Szperkowska diving the right way.But Mbock was involved in PSG's equaliser three minutes later, playing in Elimbi Gilbert for a composed finish through the legs of Ayaka Yamashita, lifting PSG to five points and leaving City on three. City's European struggles continueWhile City's WSL title defence has started strongly, with Andree Jeglertz's side taking 19 points from seven games to sit level with Chelsea at the top of the table, their domestic form has not translated to Europe.Dating back to last season, City are winless in four Champions League games (D3 L1), their joint-longest run in the competition, alongside another four-match streak in 2018.City had 15 shots to PSG's nine, though their expected goals (xG) figure of 2.01 was greatly boosted by Shaw's penalty. PSG only managed 0.78 xG, with 0.34 of that tally coming from Elimbi Gilbert's goal.PSG are now unbeaten in their opening three games of this season's league phase (W1 D2), marking their best such start in the competition since winning all six group-stage matches in 2021-22.In Thursday's other games, there were big away wins for Barcelona, who have nine points on the board after three games, and Juventus.The reigning champions thumped Danish outfit Koge 8-0 with Claudia Pina helping herself to a brace and six other players on target, while Juve triumphed 4-1 at Austria Wien.