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Newcastle United hammer Paris Saint-Germain 4-1 in Champions League

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Newcastle United toppled Paris Saint-Germain 4-1 in the second week of the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday.

Newcastle United broke the deadlock when Miguel Almiron made a close-range finish in the 17th minute at St James’ Park stadium.

Defender Dan Burn doubled the lead with a header in the 39th minute and Sean Longstaff netted a right-footed strike in the 50th minute.

After six minutes, the Parisians’ Lucas Hernandez scored a header to make it 3-1.

Newcastle’s Fabian Schar made a classy long-range finish in stoppage time and the Group F match ended 4-1.

The English club climbed to the top of Group F with four points, one point ahead of Paris Saint-Germain, while third-place AC Milan collected two points and Borussia Dortmund are at the bottom of the table with one point.

In another Wednesday match, Manchester City beat Leipzig 3-1 at Red Bull Arena.

Phil Foden, Julian Alvarez and Jeremy Doku scored for City while Lois Openda produced a goal for the German side in the Group G match.

Wednesday’s results:

Group E:

Atletico Madrid – Feyenoord : 3-2

Celtic – Lazio: 1-2

Group F:

Borussia Dortmund – AC Milan: 0-0

Newcastle United – Paris Saint-Germain: 4-1

Group G:

Leipzig – Manchester City : 1-3

Crvena zvezda – Young Boys : 2-2

Group H:

Royal Antwerp – Shakhtar Donetsk: 2-3

Porto – Barcelona : 0-1

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