UCL: PSG run riot in Leverkusen as Ousmane Dembélé scores on his return

Paris Saint-Germain delivered a Champions League performance of pure dominance on Tuesday night, crushing Bayer Leverkusen 7–2 at the BayArena.

In a match that had everything including red cards, penalties, and world-class goals — Luis Enrique’s men made it three wins from three so far in the league phase of the Champions League.

A chaotic, goal-filled first half

The evening began perfectly for the visitors. Willian Pacho opened the scoring (7’) with a towering header from Achraf Hakimi’s delivery, but the match quickly descended into chaos. After Robert Andrich was sent off for an elbow on Désiré Doué (33’), PSG’s Ilya Zabarnyi also saw red minutes later for conceding a penalty.

Aleix García made no mistake from the spot (39’) to level the score at 1–1, but that only served to awaken Paris. Within six minutes, the French champions had blown Leverkusen away. Doué restored the lead (42’), Khvicha Kvaratskhelia made it 3–1 (44’), and Doué added a second (45+2’) with a sublime curling effort to give PSG a 4–1 advantage at half-time after an astonishing first period.

Mendes, Dembélé and Vitinha complete the rout

The second half followed the same pattern of Parisian control and German despair. Nuno Mendes (50’) struck the fifth after a brilliant solo move from Vitinha, before Aleix García scored a stunning long-range effort (54’) to offer brief resistance.

Then came the moment the travelling fans had been waiting for. Returning from injury and making his 100th PSG appearance, Ballon d’Or winner Ousmane Dembélé needed just three minutes to get on the scoresheet (66’), finishing from close range after unselfish work from Bradley Barcola.

Luis Enrique’s men never eased off. After introducing Lee Kang-In, Quentin Ndjantou and Ibrahim Mbaye, the visitors capped the night in style as Vitinha (90’) curled in a superb low strike to seal a 7–2 statement win in Germany.

History in the making

With this emphatic result, PSG sit comfortably atop their group with nine points from nine, extending their Champions League winning streak to six; their longest since the 1996–97 campaign.

THE STAT

Ousmane Dembélé’s goal was his first in the 2025/26 UEFA Champions League — and his first in the competition since 29 April 2025, when he scored against Arsenal.