Vitinha produced a brilliant finish from just outside the area in the 81st minute, moments after Lamine Yamal's equaliser, before Ruiz made sure of the result shortly before the final whistle to keep PSG at the top of the league phase on goal difference.

Desire Doue, Lamine Yamal and Vitinha score superb individual goals as Champions League holders Paris St-Germain overcome Barcelona at Parc des Princes.

The defeat in Paris didn’t change the mood

This meeting of perhaps Europe's two best sides struggled for flow until it jolted itself into a frenetic finish in the final 20 minutes

Paris Saint-Germain paid a high price for its thrilling Champions League win over Barcelona.

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A week after their thrilling victory against Manchester City, PSG returned to the Parc des Princes and put Hansi Flick’s team under pressure from the start, forcing goalkeeper Joan Garcia into a host of saves and eventually taking the lead through a fine Desire Doue effort in the 38th minute.

Joe Cole watched Fabian Ruiz settle PSG’s 4-2 win over Barcelona with four minutes left and called him a candidate for most underrated player of all time, a verdict that lines up uncomfortably well with the Spaniard’s trophy cabinet.