Even with PSG playing at a level that dazzled Europe, Manchester City refused to go quietly in a Champions League night of pure chaos at the Etihad.
Manchester City came home to the Etihad Stadium needing a response, and they gave one. Paris Saint-Germain brought a masterclass to Manchester, but City answered with stubborn, gutsy defiance and turned a Champions League night into a thrilling, unpredictable spectacle.
PSG arrived as one of the most talented and feared sides on the continent, and they played like it. Their movement, invention and sheer quality asked questions City have rarely had to answer at home in Europe. For long spells the visitors looked like the team with the plan, the polish and the swagger.
But this City side has never been easy to shake. Pep Guardiola's team kept pushing, kept attacking and refused to let the occasion slip away, even when the PSG class on show could have broken a lesser side. The result was a game that lurched from brilliance to bedlam, with momentum swinging and nobody in the stadium able to relax.
That is what makes this tie so compelling. PSG showed why they are a genuine force in this competition, and City showed that their fight remains intact. When two sides this ambitious meet, neat and tidy rarely survives, and this one was glorious chaos from start to finish.
