Captain Marquinhos had headed the French champion forward in a dominant first half on Wednesday however the hosts ultimately misplaced the primary leg 2-1 after capitulating in the second half.
City, who had been poor in the opening interval, wrestled the tie again by way of Kevin De Bruyne’s lucky objective and a free-kick from Riyad Mahrez that in some way squirmed by way of the wall.
PSG additionally had midfielder Idrissa Gueye despatched off after a reckless lunge on Ilkay Gundogan in the 77th minute.
“I must say, in the second half, PSG were protective and not progressive anymore,” Wenger mentioned, showing as a pundit on beIN SPORTS. “Is it because they were not physically capable?
“After 1-1, they collapsed utterly. They grew to become emotional and aggressive in a silly manner.”
Both sides, heavily backed by wealthy owners, are fighting for their first Champions League title.
City is also flying domestically and looks certain to be crowned Premier League champion in the coming weeks, while PSG are surprisingly facing strong competition in an intriguing Ligue 1 title race.
“What was attention-grabbing is that you may see that when it was 1-1, PSG mentally collapsed,” Wenger added, pointing to PSG’s patchy domestic form.
“This is the consequence of the workforce dropping eight video games in the league. This has an influence.
“When it’s 1-1, the team knows they have lost many games, they carry that. It’s not like the season before, when they were unbeatable in the league.
“You may see the boldness dropped significantly and the psychological influence when Man City equalized, for the semifinal of a Champions League, was too massive.”
Game of two halves
PSG manager Mauricio Pochettino admitted his team struggled in the second-half as Manchester City began imposing itself onto the game.
The counterattack, used so brilliantly by PSG in the quarterfinals against Bayern Munich, was snuffed out by City’s quality on and off the ball.
“There had been two completely different halves. In the primary half, we did effectively. We created possibilities and deserved the lead, however in the second half, they had been higher than us,” Pochettino said after the match.
“The two targets had been accidents, however they created greater than us.”
Both sides can be conscious the tie is way from over forward of the return leg in Manchester on May 4.
The French facet will want the likes of Neymar and Kylian Mbappe to enhance on their performances, with each attackers very quiet for a lot of the match.
Mbappe, thought-about to be top-of-the-line attackers in world soccer, did not report a single shot on track in your complete sport.
