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Amid Man United link, PSG's Pochettino puts on happy face, but loss to City hints at trouble in Paris

MANCHESTER, England -- Publicly at least, Mauricio Pochettino is happy at Paris Saint-Germain and not distracted by the possibility of managing Manchester United, but you would never have guessed it from his pained expression on the touchline during his team's 2-1 Champions League defeat at Manchester City.

Second-half goals from Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus, following Kylian Mbappe's opener for PSG, were enough to win the game and Group A for City, who could have won by more. At times, Pochettino looked like the manager of a team struggling to avoid relegation rather than a coach in charge of one of the favourites to win this season's Champions League.