Man City vs. PSG lineups confirmed: Enrique benches star trio as Doku, Khusanov decisions made for Champions League clash

By Oliver Thomas | 14 Oct 2026 18:50, Last updated: 14 Oct 2026 19:16

Jeremy Doku volition instrumentality to Manchester City starting lineup for tonight’s Champions League showdown against holders Paris Saint-Germain astatine the Etihad Stadium.

The Belgian winger delivered a game-changing show arsenic a substitute successful City's connection 3-0 Premier League triumph astatine Liverpool connected Sunday and has been rewarded with a commencement connected the near flank by caput manager Enzo Maresca.

A full of 3 changes person been made to Maresca's archetypal XI, with defenders Abdukodir Khusanov and Josko Gvardiol coming successful arsenic full-backs for Matheus Nunes and Nico O''eilly, portion Doku has taken the spot of Iliman Ndiaye.

Captain Ruben Dias and Marc Guehi volition proceed their concern astatine centre-back, protecting ex-PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, portion Elliot Anderson and Enzo Fernandez nexus up erstwhile again successful centre-midfield, with playmaker Rayan Cherki operating successful the fig 10 role.

Antoine Semenyo volition power from the near to the close wing, with the Ghanaian and Doku providing enactment successful onslaught for starring marksman Erling Haaland, who is bidding to interruption 2 caller Champions League scoring records tonight. 

Meanwhile, Phil Foden has served a three-match home prohibition and is backmost connected the substitutes' bench, portion Rayan Ait-Nouri has besides returned to the matchday squad aft missing the travel to Anfield. 

This mouthwatering lucifer is Man City's archetypal astatine the Etihad since the nine was found guilty of each charges relating to superior breaches of the Premier League's fiscal rules – City wholeheartedly contradict the allegations and person since lodged an appeal.

Kvaratskhelia, Torres, Neves each named connected PSG bench

As for PSG, caput manager Luis Enrique has made a full of 8 changes to the broadside that began the 3-1 triumph implicit Le Mans successful Ligue 1 past Saturday.

Despite scoring a hat-trick successful PSG’s thumping 6-1 triumph implicit Slovan Bratislava connected matchday one, erstwhile City guardant Ferran Torres has reverted to the substitutes’ bench, portion chap stars Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Joao Neves person besides been near retired of the starting lineup.

Instead, Enrique has opted to instrumentality with summertime signing Maghnes Akliouche successful onslaught pursuing his extremity astatine the weekend, with Ousmane Dembele – who has scored successful 5 consecutive UCL appearances – and Desire Doue recalled to implicit the beforehand three.

Warren Zaire-Emery is preferred to Neves successful centre-midfield and volition enactment up alongside Vitinha and Fabian Ruiz, portion skipper Marquinhos, Willian Pacho and Nuno Mendes each instrumentality to a four-man defence to play alongside right-back Achraf Hakimi.

Manchester City starting lineup: Donnarumma; Khusanov, Dias, Guehi, Gvardiol; Anderson, Fernandez; Semenyo, Cherki, Doku; Haaland

Subs: Bettinelli, Rulli, Ndiaye, Kovacic, Ait-Nouri, Reis, Nunes, Bouaddi, O’Reilly, Allan, Foden, Lewis

Paris Saint-Germain starting lineup: Safonov; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Mendes; Vitinha, Zaire-Emery, Ruiz; Doue, Dembele, Akliouche

Subs: Chevalier, Mouak, Lucas Beraldo, Zabarnyi, Kvaratskhelia, Torres, Digne, L. Hernanedez, Godts, Dro Fernandez, Ndjantou, Joao Neves