Will Ekitike do it again?
This Wednesday evening, PSG host Hugo Ekitike’s Liverpool in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.
After a difficult spell in the French capital, Hugo Ekitike moved to Germany to revive his career before truly exploding at Liverpool this season.
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Tonight, the striker has the chance to join a fairly long list of former PSG players who came back to hurt their old club in the Champions League.
Kingsley Coman – 2020
Without a doubt, this is the most painful one for the Parisians. Having reached the first Champions League final in their history, PSG came up against a Bayern Munich side seen as the favorite.
In a balanced match, it was ultimately Kingsley Coman who broke the heart of his boyhood club with a header, handing the title to the Bavarians. A heartbreak for PSG.
Christopher Nkunku – 2020 & 2021
Just one year after leaving PSG for Leipzig, Christopher Nkunku faced his former club again in the Champions League group stage.
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The academy product would go on to hurt his former club by scoring his first Champions League goal in his team’s win over Paris.
He did it again the following season, still in the group stage, but this time with a goal and an assist in a draw between the two sides.
Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting – 2021 & 2023
Having played for PSG between 2018 and 2020, the Cameroon international had the chance to hurt PSG twice, though not with the same outcome.
One year after the final between the two teams, PSG and Bayern met again in the quarter-finals. And despite a goal in both the first and second legs from the former Paris player, the Bavarians were knocked out on away goals (3-3).
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In 2023, fate would be kinder to the Bayern striker. On the scoresheet in the second leg, he helped eliminate PSG (3-0 on aggregate)
📸 Alexander Hassenstein – 2023 Getty Images
Will Hugo Ekitike do it again? Give us your prediction in the comments.
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