Laurent Blanc regretful as Man City score from 'two chances' against PSG
Wednesday 6 April 2016 23:44, UK
Laurent Blanc says Manchester City scored from their only two chances in the game to earn a vital 2-2 draw against his PSG side.
The result means Manuel Pellegrini's City have two away goals to bring home for their Champions League quarter-final second leg, putting them in a strong position to progress.
Kevin De Bruyne and Fernandinho scored for City either side of the break as PSG missed a penalty and hit the bar through Zlatan Ibrahimovic, but Blanc insists PSG made too many mistakes.
"Two mistakes allowed Man City to score goals that are, as you know, very important away from home. That's our biggest regret," he said.
"I think we conceded goals from the only two chances they had but we could have scored three or four ourselves.
"It's not a good result, we made too many technical mistakes."
PSG are looking to reach their first Champions League semi-final since 1995, but must navigate their way through a tricky second leg at the Etihad on Tuesday.
Blanc rued the French champions' missed chances in both halves, but is confident they can get the result they need if they limit their mistakes in defence.
"We should have netted earlier than we did, but we missed a penalty and then went on to concede two goals.
"We knew City had three very dangerous players in attack, but I'm convinced that we can secure a positive result in Manchester if we limit our errors."
As for the performance of star man Ibrahimovic, Blanc admitted it had been a mixed one.
He said: "Zlatan tonight was really on a rollercoaster - he missed a penalty and then had a really clear chance and didn't score. We thought it wasn't his evening but he kept on believing and scored."
