For the third year in a row, Paris Saints-Germain has found itself knocked out of Champions League play in the Round of 16. PSG suffered a 3-3 aggregate loss with the tiebreaker coming on away goals to Manchester United after falling 3-1 on Wednesday in France. PSG came into the match up 2-0, but a controversial penalty converted by Marcus Rashford gave Manchester United the win. It's poetic, in a way, that Rashford hit the game-winner. PSG (and soccer in general) fans mercilessly mocked Rashford when Manchester United interim manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer compared Rashford to Kylian Mbappe. Mbappe would score in the first leg, and the argument was seemingly put to rest. Wednesday's collapse is the latest one for Paris Saint-Germain. PSG has won Ligue 1 in five of the past six years, but it just can't seem to get over the Champions League hump. After being bounced in the quarterfinals four years in a row from 2012-2016, it seems that PSG can't get out of the Round of 16 anymore -- it's the third year in a row the club has failed to make it out. Here's a recap of the three latest Champions League exits for Paris Saint-Germain. 2016-17: PSG 5, Barcelona 6 Once the recency of the Manchester United loss wears off, this will probably still be remembered as the most debilitating Champions League loss for Paris Saint-Germain. PSG came into the second leg of its match against Barcelona up 4-0 after a dominant performance at Parc de Princes. Angel Di Maria had a pair of goals while Julian Draxter and Edinson Cavani put up a goal apiece, and it looked to be smooth sailing. Then, at Camp Nou, things started out much like they did on Wednesday. Luis Suarez scored in the third minute for Barcelona, and then things went quiet until the 40th minute. Layvin Kurzawa had an own goal in the 40th minute, then the floodgates opened up in the second half. Lionel Messi got things started with a goal in the 50th minute on a penalty. Neymar put up a pair of goals of his own in the 88th and 91st minutes, before Sergei Roberto dashed PSG's hopes with a goal in the 95th minute. Cavani scored in the 62nd minute for PSG, but it ultimately wasn't enough to stave off a 6-1 win from Barcelona that erased a 4-0 lead and ended with an aggregate score of 6-5. In group play, PSG had finished with 12 points, second in Group A to Arsenal's 14. 2017-18: PSG 2, Real Madrid 5 This match may not have had the heartbreaking come-from-behind factor that Barcelona and now Manchester United have had, but the PSG we saw in group play last year was utterly unstoppable. PSG had 15 points after winning five matches and losing one in the group stage. Paris Saint-Germain set a record for goals scored in a group stage with 25, breaking the record set by Borussia Dortmund a year before. On top of that, PSG gave up four goals in all of the group stage, setting themselves apart as arguably the most dominant club in a single group stage in Champions League history. Then, PSG ran into Real Madrid. Madrid went up 3-1 after a pair of goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and an additional goal from Marcelo Vieira, with Adrien Rabiot notching one for PSG. In the second leg, Ronaldo notched another goal that put Real Madrid up 4-1 before Edinson Cavani drew PSG to within two goals. It would prove to be too little too late, and PSG went home empty-handed after fielding a team that looked completely unstoppable through the first stage of Champions League play. 2018-19: Paris Saint-Germain 3, Manchester United 3; Man. U wins on away goals While this year's iteration of PSG didn't look as dominant in group play, the addition of Gianluigi Buffon was an exciting prospect. Paris Saint-Germain had a keeper who was hungry for Champions League win, and it showed in Buffon. After the first leg of PSG's match against Manchester United, spirits were high as they headed home with a 2-0 lead and a dominant showing from their stars. Much like 2017, however, things went sour quickly. Romelo Lukaku scored in just the second minute for Manchester United, drawing the aggregate to 2-1. Paris Saint-Germain apparently settled down, however, with Juan Bernat Velasco scoring what felt like an inevitable goal in the 12th minute. Lukaku would strike again in the 30th minute, however, and it was suddenly 3-2 in favor of PSG with it effectively becoming next goal wins. After a largely uneventful second half, Marcus Rashford buried a penalty kick in the fourth minute of extra time following a controversial handball call made by VAR. It capped off PSG's third straight heartbreaker in Champions League play. Despite a completely stacked roster, PSG just can't seem to get over the hump in international play. To make matters worse, it's coming against legacy clubs. Manchester United, Real Madrid and Barcelona are all teams that carry a tremendous amount of weight behind their names. Losing to the three of them in consecutive years may not take away from PSG's run of success since the 2010s began -- but it undoubtedly leaves an empty feeling for the players to continually come up short in Europe's biggest competition.<doc-sep>“The kid is fearless. He’s got no doubt. Slotted it in. Brilliant,” United Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said. “I hope,” he added of the penalty, “it was the right decision.” As the United players sprinted to celebrate with their fans at the final whistle, Kimpembe lay flat on the ground for several moments as a stunned Parc des Princes crowd looked on in disbelief. The video-assistant referee system being added to the competition for the knockout rounds played a key part in the night’s other match, too. Alex Telles scored a penalty in extra time to send Porto into the quarterfinals with a 3-1 victory over Roma, overturning a one-goal deficit from the first leg. Telles converted the spot kick after Alessandro Florenzi had been penalized following a review. United had only a slim chance to advance after losing by 2-0 at home in the first leg, and Solskjaer’s task was made even harder by the fact that 10 of his players were either injured or suspended. That included midfielder Paul Pogba, who was sent off in the first leg at Old Trafford.<doc-sep>Player ratings as Man United stun PSG and knock them out of the Champions League Wow. Manchester United have knocked Paris Saint-Germain out of the Champions League. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's team, and it is his team, won 3-1 in Paris, going through on away goals. Here's how we rated the United players: David De Gea - 7 The United goalkeeper made some smart saves and kept his cool under a lot of pressure all night. Ashley Young - 7.5 Young started on the right side of midfield but played more as an auxiliary full-back. After withstanding the pummelling by PSG in the opening 30-minutes, the United veteran grew more into the game and had a steady performance, helping the defence with several interceptions and clearances. Eric Bailly - 3 Advertisement Drafted in at right-back, Bailly fell asleep as PSG scored their equaliser, losing Juan Bernat who drifted away from him to score a tap-in at the back post. In truth, the goal had been coming and Bailly was targeted with several attacks before the hosts managed to score and after the goal. He was hopelessly out of his depth at right-back and should have been removed from the game long before he was. Chris Smalling - 8.5 Smalling's form has been solid in recent weeks and he was one of United's best players on the night, making several blocks and interceptions as PSG laid siege to De Gea's goal. He even managed to keep Mbappe relatively quiet in the second half with some important tackles. Impressive. Victor Lindelof - 8 One of the most improved players under Solskjaer, the Swedish centre-half helped United repel PSG's explosive attack. Another impressive display from a player getting better with every game. Luke Shaw - 7.5 Solid performance. Advertisement Scott McTominay - 7.5 This was possibly McTominay's most impressive game, he worked hard, kept it simple with his passing and came of age as a United player. Fred - 7 The rarely-seen midfielder, signed for £52m last summer, got his chance due to Paul Pogba's suspension and worked very hard in the United midfield. Andreas Pereira - 7 Worked extremely hard and offered some much-needed defensive cover. Marcus Rashford - 7.5 His first-half performance summed up how his team played in the opening period - he made some errors, barely had the ball but produced when it mattered, as it was Rashford's dipping shot that led to Lukaku's goal. Advertisement His pace meant he was always a concern to PSG's defence and he kept his cool to score probably the most important goal of his career. Romelu Lukaku - 9 The Belgian forward scored two goals to keep United in the tie in the first half, both of them excellent pieces of centre-forward play. For the first goal, Lukaku anticipated the pass back to Buffon in the opening minute, kept his cool to round the 'keeper and finished calmly. Lukaku was on hand again to restore United's lead, capitalising on Buffon's error to score. He was the team's best player on the night and a constant threat. Substitutes Diogo Dalot - 7.5 The young full-back replaced the hapless Bailly 10-minutes before half-time and added some much-needed balance to the team. Dalot was strong going forward and helped stem the PSG attacks down United's right-hand side. Tahith Chong & Mason Greenwood - N/A Not on long enough to rate.<doc-sep>
Franck Fife / AFP | Paris Saint-Germain's Gianluigi Buffon tries unsuccessfully to stop a penalty during his side's loss to Manchester United at the Parc des Princes in Paris on March 6, 2019. Marcus Rashford scored a stoppage-time penalty awarded after a VAR review to give Manchester United a stunning 3-1 win away to Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday as they improbably went through to the Champions League quarter-finals on away goals. Advertising Read more A seriously depleted United looked to have given themselves too much to do after losing 2-0 in the first leg of their last-16 tie last month, yet a Romelu Lukaku brace in the first half at the Parc des Princes gave them hope. Even so, Juan Bernat had netted in between for PSG, and it looked as though they would stumble on until the drama at the death. Slovenian referee Damir Skomina awarded a spot-kick after reviewing the images when he had been alerted of a possible handball by PSG defender Presnel Kimpembe in the box. Rashford duly beat Gianluigi Buffon from 12 yards, as United won a European tie after losing the first leg at home for the first time in their history. Their improbable victory -- following Ajax's similarly stunning turnaround against holders Real Madrid 24 hours earlier -- takes them through to the last eight for the first time since 2014. Their remarkable revival under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer continues, with the Norwegian now having overseen nine consecutive away wins, a club record. While they celebrate, for PSG this defeat will feel like groundhog day. For the third year running they fail to make the quarter-finals, after their defeat at the hands of Real Madrid a year ago and their humiliating collapse against Barcelona in 2017. With what came before, this will feel even more painful for them and their Qatari owners. Electric at Old Trafford in the first leg, Kylian Mbappe was poor here and Neymar was again missing, watching from the stands as he recovers from injury. United were missing many more players, with Paul Pogba suspended and nine more sidelined due to fitness problems. Despite that, they pulled off one of their greatest European results, up there with their 3-2 win at Juventus in the 1999 semi-finals, which came after they fell two goals behind early on. Lukaku double Solskjaer was on the bench that night, and the Norwegian watched from the sideline here -- curiously looking like a substitute with a bib on over his jacket apparently due to a colour clash with PSG's kit -- as his side somehow went in front inside two minutes. A dreadful back-pass attempt by PSG defender Thilo Kehrer fell into no-man's land, and Lukaku pounced on the loose ball before rounding Gianluigi Buffon and scoring. Surely PSG were not about to blow it again? They did pull themselves together to equalise in the 12th minute, with Dani Alves releasing Mbappe in the box. As the away defence slept, Mbappe's ball across goal was turned in at the far post by Bernat, the defender scoring his third Champions League goal this season. Now it looked as though their start to the game would prove to be nothing more than a blip. The depleted visitors, with Eric Bailly at right-back and Fred, Scott McTominay and Andreas Pereira all in midfield, were incapable of keeping the ball. However, they were gifted another goal half an hour in. Not closed down 25 yards out, Rashford tried a shot that was powerful but straight at Buffon. Yet the veteran Italian, still hoping to win the Champions League for the first time aged 41, spilled the ball, and Lukaku followed in to score. It was a sixth goal in three games for the Belgian. PSG -- so slick in France -- were wobbling again at the business end of the Champions League. Di Maria had a goal ruled out for offside in the 56th minute and Mbappe then managed to fall when clean through late on, with Bernat sending the loose ball against the post. It still looked as though they would hang on, but then VAR intervened, and Rashford sent United into ecstasy. (AFP) Daily newsletterReceive essential international news every morning Subscribe