PARIS Saint-Germain and Real Madrid played out an anticlimactic 0-0 draw in the Champions League on Wednesday despite both teams being able to call upon their all-time leading scorers.

    Cristiano Ronaldo, who overtook Raul as Madrid’s top scorer in history last weekend, came as close as anyone to breaking the deadlock in the French capital with a second-half volley that whistled wide.

    Zlatan Ibrahimovic and PSG, meanwhile, were stifled by Real’s defensive organization and never seriously tested Keylor Navas in the visitors’ goal.

    But while the game failed to live up to expectations as a spectacle, the result is not a bad one for either team, particularly the injury-hit visitors.

    “Given the circumstances, the performance of the team was not good, it was exceptional,” said Madrid coach Rafa Benitez.

    “We had chances to win the game, more than them, and decent control of the match against a team who are not easy to play against. As coach I am very satisfied.”

    His opposite number Laurent Blanc was pleased with his team’s defensive display but admitted they didn’t do enough to win the game.

    “I’m not satisfied because we didn’t get the result we were looking for,” he said.

    “Even against a Real side with lots of absentees it’s not easy, but we competed with them and the draw was fair.”

    Both sides remain unbeaten this season and are yet to concede after three games in Group A as they sit locked together on seven points atop the section.

    Malmo won 1-0 at home to Shakhtar Donetsk in the night’s other game but Paris and Madrid are each four points clear of the Swedes and will have an opportunity to clinch qualification for the last 16 when they meet again in Spain in a fortnight.

    In Manchester, England, Kevin De Bruyne scored an injury-time winner for Manchester City in a 2-1 victory over Sevilla in the Champions League on Wednesday, delivering another reminder why the English club broke its transfer record to sign him last summer.

    Playing as a lone striker in the final minutes, the Belgium playmaker collected a pass from Yaya Toure, cut inside and drove a left-footed shot inside the far post in the first of four minutes of stoppage time.

    Manchester United was held to a 1-1 draw with CSKA Moscow in the Champions League on Wednesday.  (SD-Agencies)