Now Manchester City are found on the wrong side of the dotted line. With a game to go, they have sunk to their lowest point. Crowned officially the best team in Europe 19 months ago, the table says they are now only the 25th finest in this competition. They were not merely beaten by Paris Saint-Germain. They were battered, their flaws highlighted by the team who had looked the Champions League’s greatest underachievers.

City were overpowered, overrun, overcome. With a home game against Club Brugge, they can still salvage a play-off place. But if the continent’s finest used to be scared at the prospect of playing them in knockout ties, now they could be salivating.

If Arsenal fail to get a point in Girona, all of Bayer Leverkusen, Aston Villa, AS Monaco, Lille, Brest and Feyenoord would have to win by massive margins to have any chance of forcing them into the play-offs.

In short, they’re there, as was always expected before this 3-0 victory over a dogged Dinamo Zagreb.

This is how it stands for the British clubs in the Champions League...

• Liverpool - top and through to last 16, finishing either first or second.
• Arsenal - third, and all but through to last 16
• Aston Villa - ninth, need to win and hope results go their way to make last 16, but guaranteed at least a play-off place.
• Celtic - 18th, guaranteed to be in at least play-offs, but unlikely to finish in top eight.
• Manchester City - 25th, will be in the play-offs and unseeded if they beat Club Bruges at home in final match. City will be eliminated from European competition if they draw or lose against the Belgians.

Astonishing. Six goals in the second half with PSG landing a critical blow in this crazy, crucial contest. They take a huge step towards the knockout rounds; Manchester City are on the canvas with a game to go.

It has! PSG have their fourth and a night to remember at the Parc des Princes!

A protracted VAR review but away they go in raptures! Off the shoulder of Josko Gvardiol it thuds into Goncalo Ramos’s path, rendering his offside position moot - a neat finish gives the home supporters yet more reason to celebrate, not that they needed it.

Goncalo Ramos has the ball in the back of the net, but the flag is swiftly hoisted...although has that come off a Manchester City player last?

A corner. Ilkay Gundogan has to get the deliver right...a foul on Gianluigi Donnarumma as he punches clear. Is that it?

A vital save! Ousmane Dembele’s wondrous weave sets up Goncalo Ramos, but the striker can’t contort a finish around Ederson with his back slightly to goal.

Three additional minutes.

The Parc des Princes is absolutely jumping, the home fans having been given something to be proud of. A lean continental campaign looks to be picking up.