Chelsea valiantly fought back from a goal down to PSG not one but twice on Wednesday, but the Blues came undone and conceded three goals in the final 20 minutes and trail the defending European champions 5-2.
Bradley Barcola opened the scoring in the 10th minute, but Malo Gusto erased the deficit in the 28th. Ousmane Dembele put PSG ahead again in the 40th, but Enzo Fernandez scored in the 57th.
Then it became the Khvicha Kvaratskhelia show, as the Georgian superstar came off the bench to set up Vitinha for PSG’s third goal in the 74th and then score a pair of beauties himself in the 86th and 93rd minutes.
Whereas Chelsea have depth to come off the bench, PSG simply have world-class talent to all but end a tie in 30 minutes.
The second leg will be at Stamford Bridge next Tuesday (4 pm ET).
