🎂 Monaco ace bags perfect birthday gift against PSG

It's game on in the City of Lights as Monaco take a 1-0 lead into the halftime team talk at Parc des Princes against domestic rival PSG across an action-packed Champions League evening.

After falling to a narrow 3-2 defeat at Stade Louis II in the first leg last week, Les Monégasques look good value for their one-goal lead on the night in the French capital, which would currently force extra-time should the 3-3 aggregate scoreline stand after 90 minutes.

With both sides spurning earlier chances, it was a composed finish in the 45th minute from Monaco academy graduate Maghnes Akliouche that would gift the visitors a much-needed lead on the night.

And with his calm finish from inside the box, the 24-year-old gifted himself the best possible birthday present upon his return home to Paris, bagging his first UCL goal of the season, ending his unfortunate run in front of goal despite having the highest xG (3.0) of any player without a strike in the tournament (per Squawka).

Will the Tremblay-en-France native come back to bite PSG for a second time tonight?