BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Maybe Paris Saint-Germain defender Achraf Hakimi was right after all when he said teammate Nuno Mendes is the best left back in the world right now.

Mendes sure looked like one of the best in the position on Wednesday, keeping star Barcelona forward Lamine Yamal at bay and assisting in one of PSG’s goals in a 2-1 win over the Catalan club in the Champions League.

Hakimi, a right back who assisted in Gonçalo Ramos’ 90th-minute winner for defending champion PSG, had said ahead of the game that Yamal “will be playing against the best left back in the world.”

“He is capable of stopping Lamine,” Hakimi said of Mendes, who was named man of the match.

Yamal got off to a promising start Wednesday, awing the crowd with a great run just minutes into the match at Montjuic

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