PSG beat Barcelona 4-2 on Tuesday 20 October 2026 at the Parc des Princes, on matchday 3 of the Champions League league phase. Pegged back twice, Paris settle it in five minutes: Vitinha in the 81st, Fabian Ruiz in the 86th. Barcelona lose for the first time this season.
How did PSG - Barcelona play out?
Doue opens the scoring in the 38th minute. Lamine Yamal misplaces a pass out of defence, Desire Doue picks it up at the edge of the box and beats Joan Garcia.
Espart equalises in the 55th. The La Masia graduate plays a one-two with Fermin Lopez and scores his first Champions League goal, on his first start in the competition.
Hernandez puts Paris back in front in the 72nd, heading in a corner. Picked at left back in place of the injured Nuno Mendes, he scores the goal Canal+ hails like this:
LUCAS HERNANDEZ TURNS HERO FOR PSG 💥 The defender picked to cover for Nuno Mendes' injury puts the Parisians back ahead of Barca with a header ☄️ #PSGFCB | #UCL
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Lamine Yamal hits back in the 79th: he skips past Warren Zaire-Emery, on for a minute, and curls the ball into the top corner. 2-2.
Vitinha and Fabian Ruiz finish it off. Two minutes later, Vitinha half-volleys a cleared ball in from outside the box. In the 86th, Fabian Ruiz turns in Achraf Hakimi's cut-back at the far post.
Who went off injured?
Ousmane Dembele leaves the pitch as early as the 20th minute, hurt at the back of his left thigh. Marquinhos and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia follow around the hour mark. For Barcelona, Dani Olmo comes off before the half-hour, after a challenge with Vitinha.
What does the result change?
Paris have three wins from three games in the league phase, Barcelona stay on six points. Barcelona had won eleven in a row in all competitions.
It is PSG's third straight win over the Catalan club, after the 4-1 in the April 2024 quarter-final second leg and the 2-1 in October 2025, both in Barcelona. The team news and pre-match context are in the PSG - Barcelona preview, the rest of the night's scores on the matchday 3 page.
Sources
Eurosport — Paris Saint-Germain - FC Barcelone en direct, Ligue des champions
NBC Sports — PSG 4-2 Barcelona: Final score, goals, highlights, reaction from Champions League