Ousmane Dembele Slams PSG Performance Despite Champions League Success Against Aston Villa

Considering the home advantage and the confidence that a fourth goal would have provided, Villa would have been in a great position to dump PSG out of a tournament that they could genuinely win this season.

Speaking to Canal+ after the match, which ended 3-2 on the night and 5-4 to PSG on aggregate, Ousmane Dembele shared his frustration at how PSG ended up in a stressful position.

We thought we were too good. At 2-1, we thought we were already qualified and that it was over. That’s how the Champions League goes. You face teams whose supporters are white-hot and they can turn the game on its head.Ousmane Dembele

The match started excellently for PSG with Achraf Hakimi and Nuno Mendes' goals seemingly killing the tie all together, but the Premier League side impressively fought back.

A goal from Youri Tielemans before half-time livened up the contest, and then a quickfire double from John McGinn and Ezri Konsa before the hour mark meant PSG had a real job to do.

The Ligue 1 champions held on and will face either Arsenal or Real Madrid in the semi-final, with Arsenal 3-0 up from the first leg.