PARIS — Luis Díaz was despatched off for a horror deal with on Paris Saint-Germain’s Achraf Hakimi in first-half stoppage time after scoring twice to place Bayern Munich 2-0 up towards the Champions League titleholders in Paris.
It’s the first time in Champions League historical past {that a} participant has scored two targets and been proven a purple card in the identical half of a recreation.
– Dembélé substituted early after objective dominated out
Díaz, a £65.5 million ($85.3m) summer time signing from Liverpool, had loved a sensational first half at Parc des Princes, scoring each Bayern targets in what had seemed to be a man-of-the-match efficiency.
However the Colombia worldwide then ruined his night time — and compelled Hakimi out of the sport — with a reckless problem on the Morocco defender that originally resulted in a yellow card from Italian referee Maurizio Mariani.
The problem was reviewed by the VAR officers, nevertheless, and, after a prolonged delay, Mariani was despatched to the pitchside monitor earlier than he made the choice to rescind the yellow card and difficulty a purple to Díaz as a substitute.
The lack of Hakimi to harm compounded a nasty first half for PSG, who additionally noticed Ballon d’Or winner Ousmane Dembélé limp off after 25 minutes.
Dembélé has missed a big a part of this season with a hamstring harm, and he complained about soreness in the identical space after Saturday’s 1-0 win towards Good.
Data from ESPN Analysis was used on this report.