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Tony Mogan

Neymar and PSG down Dortmund to reach Champions League quarter-finals - LIVE! Latest news and result reaction

Paris Saint-Germain have booked their place in the Champions League quarter-finals after shutting out Borussia Dortmund at an empty Parc des Princes.

With the stands empty due to the coronavirus outbreak, PSG fans gathered outside the stadium as goals from Neymar and Juan Bernat saw the hosts turn around a first leg defeat and clinch a 3-2 win on aggregate.

Having so often faltered on the biggest stage in Europe, capitulating in front of their own fans at this stage of the competition against Manchester United last year, Thomas Tuchel’s side held their nerve at long last on Wednesday night.

Trailing 2-1 thanks to a first-leg brace from Erling Haaland in Germany, an authoritative start from PSG helped ease any early nerves with Neymar levelling up the tie after 27 minutes, latching onto a corner with a fine diving header from close range.

Bernat was well placed to turn home a second just before half-time with the French champions nullifying a tame fight back from Dortmund in the second period.

Haaland, lethal in the first leg in Germany, was cut adrift up front while Jadon Sancho was denied the space to hurt the opposition, while Emre Can's late red card for a bust-up with Neymar summed up Dortmund's night.

Kylian Mbappe, named among the subs after illness earlier this week, was introduced off the bench just after the hour mark, but in the end he wasn’t needed with Dortmund unable to find a goal that would have forced extra time.

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