Stuttering PSG faces moment of truth against Man City

PARIS — A stuttering and entirely unconvincing Champions League campaign for Paris Saint-Germain will come to a head if it loses to Manchester City on Wednesday, an outcome which would leave the French club teetering on the brink of an early exit.

PSG was handed what seemed like the toughest draw of any team in this new-look Champions League, with Arsenal, Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich among its opponents before this meeting with Pep Guardiola's City at the Parc des Princes.

But a club that is one of the richest and most influential in the world game under its Qatari owner has still made a mess of things so far, even accounting for the difficulties of adapting to life without the departed Kylian Mbappe.