Real Madrid vs PSG live stream: How to watch Champions League match tonight online and on TV
Paris St Germain scored two late goals in the space of three minutes to battle back for a 2-2 draw at Real Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday and secure top spot in Group A at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Real had sealed their place in the knockout stages for a record-extending 23rd successive year thanks to Club Bruges' 1-1 draw at Galatasaray earlier while PSG had also already qualified.
Yet they still served up a thrilling game with top spot on the line as well as pride after PSG had crushed Real 3-0 back in September.
Karim Benzema knocked into an empty net to give Real the lead in the 17th minute of his 100th Champions League start and the French forward doubled the advantage with a 79th minute header.
Yet Kylian Mbappe immediately reduced the deficit in the 81st minute, capitalising on a mistake from Real goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois before Pablo Sarabia equalised in the 82nd.
PSG's fightback added to concern in the stands after Real winger Eden Hazard hobbled off in the second half with an ankle injury, although substitute Gareth Bale almost snatched a winner when he struck the post in added time from a free kick.
PSG top Group A with 13 points from five games while Real are second on eight. Club Bruges, who Real visit in their final game next month, are third on three points, while Galatasaray, who will travel to PSG, are bottom with two.
Real were cruising in the first half but the game looked set to be shaken up when PSG were awarded a penalty and Courtois was shown a red card for hauling down Mauro Icardi in the area.
But the referee overturned both decisions following a VAR review, and awarded Real a free kick instead for a foul on Marcelo in the build-up.
Madrid, who had won five of their previous six games, produced a dominant display from start to finish but were let down by slack defending in the closing stages.
They should have killed the game off long before Benzema's second but were repeatedly denied by their former, much-loved keeper Keylor Navas.
The Costa Rican, who won three consecutive Champions League crowns with Real before moving to Paris at the start of the season, made 10 saves, including a stunning block to deny Benzema from point-blank range.
Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane says that Gareth Bale is still "a big part of the group" as they face Paris St-Germain in the Champions League tonight.
Bale came on to an indifferent reception from Madrid fans in Saturday's 3-1 victory over Real Sociedad after posing with a flag that read: "Wales. Golf. Madrid. In that order" last week.
The match was Bale's first appearance for the club in seven weeks and he's named on the bench for tonight's match.
"[Bale] wants to be with us and do well and he's done that." Zidane said.
"I have said before, we need our fans with us. Talk, talk, talk, it's not necessary. He's a big part of the group and we are together."
This will be the 10th competitive meeting between Real Madrid and Paris St-Germain and
the sixth in the Champions League. There has been two draws with four wins for Madrid and three for PSG.
Real Madrid have won three of their four previous home games against the French side but they lost the final match in the Cup Winners' Cup in 1994.
PSG defeated Madrid 3-0 in the first group game of this season and a win tonight will make it only the second time they've won consecutive matches against the Spanish giants. The first time also came in 1994.
In the Champions League, PSG have never beaten Real Madrid at the Bernabeu with Madrid winning eight out of the 11 games played here against French opposition.
In fact their last five matches against French teams at home have all been victories with an aggregate score of 15-1.
For PSG they have lost their last five Champions League away games against Spanish teams, their longest such losing run against teams from a single nation in the competition.
Of the 18 managers he's faced in the Champions League Zinedine Zidane has registered at least one win over 15 of them.
One of the three managers that he is yet to beat is Thomas Tuchel, who's in charge of PSG. Zidane has faced Tuchel more than any other manager winning recording a win. Played three, won none, drawn two and lost one.
Just under 10 minutes until kick off between Real Madrid and PSG. Bruges have failed to defeat Galatasaray which means that both teams have qualified for the knockout stages.
Tonight's match could determine who tops the group, where's your money going? Real or PSG?
Kick off: Real Madrid start the match. It's raining and wet in Madrid as PSG win a throw in on the left wing and whip the ball into the box. It comes into Icardi but is headed out to Gueye who shoots but Sergio Ramos makes the block.
3 mins: Mbappe wins a free kick on the right wing as Sergio Ramos fouls him. Di Maria delivers a poor ball into the box and it is cleared quite easily.
6 mins: Isco scuffs a cross but wins a corner. Kroos sends it into the box and Ramos loses his marker. He jumps and wins the header but doesn't keep it down and the ball goes over the crossbar.
9 mins: Icardi has a half chance to open the scoring. Bernat gets into some space over on the left wing and sends a dangerous ball into the six-yard box. Icardi tussles with Varane but gets to the ball and puts it past the wrong side of the post.
12 mins: Meunier plays a solid ball in behind the defence and Mbappe makes a great run to get onto the ball. He brings it into the box and crosses it to Icardi. The cross is quite forceful and Icardi heads the ball over the goal.
15 mins: Oh close! Kroos picks up the ball just outside the area. He shimmies past a defender and lets fly cutting the ball back across goal and missing as the ball skims the top of the crossbar.
