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What Kevin De Bruyne told Riyad Mahrez ahead of game-winning free-kick for Man City against PSG

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Get the biggest City stories, analysis and transfer updates delivered straight to your inbox Kevin De Bruyne agreed to let Riyad Mahrez take the game-winning free-kick against PSG as long as he believed in himself.

After a pulsating first half that saw City trailing 1-0 at half-time in the Champions League semi-final first leg, De Bruyne equalised when his cross fortuitously curled into the net.

City won a free-kick five minutes later and it looked like De Bruyne would take it before Mahrez stepped up to fire the ball through PSG's defensive wall and into the net.

Speaking to BT Sport post-match, De Bruyne said he had agreed to let Mahrez take it due to his self-belief. He said: "He asked me if he could take it and I said: ‘If you

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