Sporting Portugal 2-1 PSG: Luis Suarez and Sporting Lisbon shock PSG

Paris Saint-Germain are set to take on Portuguese side Sporting Lisbon in their seventh League Phase Champions League game. It will be the first official match between the two sides as Nuno Mendes is facing his former team and should be expected to receive a warm welcome from the Estádio José Alvalade.

Over the weekend, the European Champions secured a dominant 3-0 victory against Lille at the Parc des Princes.

Luis Enrique and his team will hope to secure an important victory as they could clinch a top 8 finish in the League Phase and guarantee a spot in the knockout stage of the competition. For this game, both sides had to deal with many injuries and suspended players but the Spaniard who will have only five players outfield players on the bench still managed to align a competitive team.

With Joao Neves side-lined, Senny Mayulu will partner Vitinha and Fabian Ruiz in midfield while Bradley Barcola has been chosen to start in the front three alongside Dembélé and Doué ahead of Georgian star Kvaratskhelia.

Paris Saint-Germain's starting XI: Chevalier; Marquinhos, Pacho, Nuno Mendes, Warren Zaire-Emery; Fabian Ruiz, Vitinha, Mayulu; Désiré Doué, Ousmane Dembélé, Barcola.

Sporting Lisbon's starting XI: Silva; Inacio, Reis, Ivan Fresneda, Mangas; Joao Simoes, Morita, Catamo, Trincao, Araujo, Suarez.

PSG fall at the hands of Sporting Lisbon

Paris took control of the game early and managed to create several opportunities to open the scoring. On the other end, Sporting who were clearly on the back foot still managed to create chances through fastbreaks.

After numerous occasions, Warren Zaire-Emery thought to have finally broke the deadlock for PSG. However, the goal was disallowed after a VAR check as Senny Mayulu committed a foul in the build-up (30'). Despite PSG's complete domination on the proceedings, the hosts managed to hold on and went into the break with a precious draw.

Once again, the visitors saw one of their goals disallowed after a VAR check for offside, preventing Ousmane Dembélé to continue his impressive goalscoring form since the beginning of the year. Completely against the run of play, Luis Suarez, former Marseille player opened the scoring for the hosts perfectly following up a rebound after a corner (74'). Shortly after, substitute Kvaratskhelia scored a wonderful goal to bring his side back into the contest with 10 minutes left to try winning this game (79').

In the dying embers, Luis Suarez got himself a brace to give the lead to his side once again with Sporting likely securing all three points (90').

Up next, Paris will travel to face Auxerre on Matchday 19 of Ligue 1 McDonald's on Friday evening. They will have the opportunity to go back at the top of the table.