Paris Saint-Germain have come from behind to earn a 1-1 draw with Chelsea in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie this evening.
PSG made a dominant start to the match and Blaise Matuidi forced Thibaut Courtois to beat away his header and moments later the keeper was alert to palm away a similar effort from Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
The hosts came close to scoring again when Edinson Cavani met a corner at the front post and flicked a header goalwards, but Courtois stretched out a hand to tip the ball behind.
Chelsea had barely posed a threat, but they took the lead in the 36th minute when John Terry’s cross was flicked on by Gary Cahill into the path of Branislav Ivanovic, who directed a header into the far corner.
PSG went into the break trailing, but within nine minutes of the restart they levelled the scores as Cavani met Matuidi’s cross and guided a header beyond Courtois.
