Barcelona suffered a Champions League meltdown as they received THREE red cards in their quarter-final exit to Paris Saint-Germain.
Kylian Mbappe completed a remarkable 4-1 comeback win for PSG after Barca had manager Xavi , defender Ronald Arajuo, and even their goalkeeping coach sent off.The LaLiga giants came into the second leg holding a 3-2 advantage from their victory in Paris last week.However, the tie turned on its head when Arajuo was shown a straight red card for taking out Bradley Barcola as the last man back.
With the tie slipping away from his side, Barca boss Xavi lost his head at how referee Istvan Kovacs had officiated the contest. Things went from bad to worse for the Catalans when Joao Cancelo dived in late on Dembele inside the box to give away a penalty.Mbappe shown yellow card after Dembele comes back to haunt former club BarcelonaGuardiola cracks X-rated joke about Real Madrid fans as he issues update on 'special' starBarcelona goalkeeping coach Jose Ramon de la Fuente's protests saw him join Xavi in being shown a red as the club pushed for a way back.
He finished from close range after Barca goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen made two big stops and his teammates failed to clear their lines.
Ronald Araujo Barca Coach SENT OFF Kylian Mbappe PSG Comeback Triumph
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