PSG is more than capable of taking advantage of the Citizens' flaws in the return leg, yet somehow Manuel Pellegrini's men are moving closer to an unlikely semifinal appearance.
They couldn’t, could they? This Manchester City team, for all its quirks, is on the verge of making the most unlikely of statements.
This team, accused of sleepwalking toward the summer, could find itself in the Champions League semifinals in a week's time.
Having reached the last eight for the first time in its history, City was not given much of a chance of advancing further given its dismal form over the past two months, and a tough draw against Paris Saint-Germain, the runaway champion of France, did not provide much optimism.