French pair show tactics count more than domestic form in Europe


Soccer Football - Champions League - Group Stage - Group F - Manchester City v Olympique Lyonnais - Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Britain - September 19, 2018 Lyon's Nabil Fekir scores their second goal Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - A day after Paris St Germain were beaten 3-2 by Liverpool, a far less fancied French side, Olympique Lyonnais, produced the surprise result of the Champions League's opening round by beating Premier League winners Manchester City.

PSG have won all five games in France's Ligue 1 and have the most expensive strike force in the game with Brazilian Neymar, French World Cup winner Kylian Mbappe and Uruguay's Edinson Cavani costing the club around 415 million pounds.

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