The Trentonian (Trenton, NJ)

Bayern Munich beats struggling PSG

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PARIS » Paris Saint-Germain’s dismal form continued as it lost 1-0 at home to Bayern Munich on Tuesday in the first leg of their round-of-16 Champions League clash.

A third straight loss made it five defeats in 11 games this year for PSG coach Christophe Galtier’s team.

Bayern winger Kingsley Coman volleyed home inside the penalty area from Alphonso Davies’ left-wing cross in the 53rd minute.

The Paris-raised Coman, who PSG sold to Juventus when he was 18, held his hands up to show he wasn’t celebratin­g scoring against his former club — again.

When Bayern won the last of its six Champions League titles in 2020, it beat PSG 1-0 with Coman heading home the winner.

World Cup superstar Kylian Mbappé made an unexpected­ly quick recovery from injury and had two would-be goals disallowed for offside after coming on in the second half.

The return leg is on March 8.

AC MILAN 1, TOTTENHAM 0 MILAN »

An early goal was enough for troubled AC Milan to edge Tottenham in its first Champions League knockout match in nearly 10 years.

Brahim Díaz netted in the seventh minute to give Milan a slender advantage to take to London when the teams meet again in the second leg of the round of 16 on March 8.

It was a miserable return to San Siro for Tottenham manager Antonio Conte, who endured only his second loss against Milan in 15 matches as coach. The former Inter Milan and Juventus coach had engineered 10 victories over the Rossoneri.

It was also Tottenham’s second straight defeat since Conte returned to the dugout following gallbladde­r surgery. Spurs lost 4-1 at Leicester in the Premier League on Saturday.

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