UCL Results: PSG Defeats United 3-1 At Old Trafford

Paris Saint-Germain avoided an early exit from the Champions League as Neymar scored twice in a 3-1 win at Old Trafford.  Manchester United with work to do to reach the last 16.

AllNews understands that PSG, United, and RB Leipzig are now all tied on nine points at the top of Group H with one game to go.

The French champions are in the driving seat as they host already-eliminated Istanbul Basaksehir on Tuesday, while United need a point when they travel to Germany to face Leipzig, as the Germans would need a win to overcome Man Utd goal difference.

READ ALSO: Livescore: Man Utd Vs PSG UCL Match Latest Score, Goal Updates, Team News

Cavani is PSG's record goalscorer after scoring 200 times in seven seasons at the Parc des Princes, but the Uruguayan was allowed to leave for free when his contract expired in June.

The 33-year-old was inches away from exacting revenge with a delicate chip over Navas that came back off the crossbar before Marquinhos's brave block denied Martial again.

Tuchel's future as PSG boss would be plunged into doubt by a failure to progress from the group stage, but he made a telling contribution with a change of system to shore up his side's susceptibility on the counter-attack as Ander Herrera and Mitchel Bakker were introduced.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's men were left to rue a host of huge chances early in the second half with the match poised at 1-1 after Marcus Rashford canceled out Neymar's early opener.

"We had some big changes, big moments and that's the difference when you get to the big games," said Solskjaer.

However, the United boss' decision not to replace Fred before he was sent off seconds after Marquinhos scored PSG's second was a naive mistake that cost his side.

The Brazilian midfielder had been lucky to escape a red card before halftime when he was only shown a yellow card after a headbutt on Leandro Paredes was reviewed.

"Fred shouldn't put his head towards him, it's either nothing or a red card, he's a bit lucky to stay on," conceded Solskjaer, who admitted to considering making a change at halftime.

"We spoke about staying calm, staying on your feet and the second one is nowhere near a yellow card."

Leipzig's late winner in a 4-3 thriller in Istanbul earlier on Wednesday piled the pressure on PSG to win and keep their fate in their own hands going into matchday six.

The visitors started brightly in response and went in front after just six minutes when Neymar pounced on Kylian Mbappe's deflected shot to drill low past David de Gea.

Fred's first lucky escape came on 24 minutes as Italian referee Daniele Orsato decided a yellow card was sufficient after reviewing the headbutt incident.

Tuchel was furious when United needed just eight more minutes to make the most of that reprieve when Rashford's shot took a wicked deflection off Danilo to wrong-foot Keylor Navas.

PSG gained some measure of revenge for their stunning Champions League elimination to United in 2019 by sealing a huge win with a third in stoppage time when Neymar rolled home Rafinha's cut-back.