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Joleon Lescott: "I'd take a draw" against PSG

Man City's matchday broadcast pairs caution about Paris with Ally McCoist's admiration for Haaland and arrivals on the Blue Carpet.

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MATCHDAY LIVE! | Man City v PSG | Champions League

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5:20Ally McCoist compares Haaland's goalscoring qualities with Sergio Agüero's.
7:16Joleon Lescott identifies Dembélé and Barcola as attacking threats for PSG.
9:56Lescott says he would take a draw against the visitors.
21:58City's starting lineup is revealed, including Donnarumma, Ruben Dias, Enzo Fernandez and Haaland.
43:00Press conference clips bring assessments from Ruben Dias and Enzo Maresca on facing PSG.
50:53Cel Spellman, Izzy Christiansen and David James analyze the upcoming match and PSG's lineup.

Manchester City has a convincing win at Anfield to revisit, but Joleon Lescott is not letting that settle his nerves about Paris Saint-Germain. Previewing the Champions League meeting at the Etihad, the former City defender gives his preferred bargain: "I'd take a draw. Honestly, I would take a draw."

That contrast gives the club's Matchday Live broadcast its talking point. Ally McCoist calls Erling Haaland "an out-and-out goalscoring machine," comparing him with Sergio Agüero. Lescott, meanwhile, picks out the danger of Ousmane Dembélé and Bradley Barcola in PSG's attack. Confidence in City's finishing meets respect for what might come the other way.

The pre-match show, rather than a full-match replay, drew nearly 900,000 views in its first six hours, already far beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for longer uploads.

Hosts FG and Michael Brown begin outside the stadium at the newly opened Medlock Square. Brown promptly teases FG about being late. The broadcast then moves between pitchside analysis, a recap of the Liverpool win and the Blue Carpet, where Phil Foden, Haaland and Elliot Anderson arrive.

There is a useful distinction in the archive material, too: Pep Guardiola appears in footage of earlier European nights, while Enzo Maresca supplies the pre-match assessment for this encounter. Asked where City stands compared with PSG, Maresca answers plainly: "Now where we are in this moment compared to PSG, I don't know."

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