Tuesday night saw Champions League football played at its very best as PSG and Bayern Munich played out a 5-4 classic at the Parc des Princes.

It was attacking football at its finest as both sides were running end-to-end, firing shot after shot.

Despite the Germans taking an early lead, it was a three-goal flurry from PSG either side of halftime which saw the Champions League holders go 5-2 up after the hour mark.

However, Bayern threatened a late comeback as Dayot Upamecano and Luis Diaz both scored to scare the Parisiens. However, the hosts did enough to take a slender one-goal lead to Bavaria for next week’s second leg.

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia of Paris Saint-Germain celebrates scoring. Pic: Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images

It was a night of pulsating action in Paris, with some outstanding attacking displays from the likes of Harry Kane, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Luis Diaz, Michael Olise and Désiré Doué, but the defence at times probably left a lot to be desired.

That’s the belief of former Republic of Ireland defender Kenny Cunningham, who felt somewhat offended by what he saw in Paris.

‘I think that’s why you’ve got to be careful when you throw out terms like, “it was a great game, it was one of the best games I’ve ever seen”, Cunningham said on Premier Sports. ‘You [Neil Lennon] just said it wasn’t a great PSG performance, but yet we’re saying it was a great game.

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Michael Olise of FC Bayern Munich celebrates scoring. Pic: Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images

‘So I think when you start throwing statements out like “this was the best game I’ve ever seen”, really both teams need to be at their optimum level in terms of a collective attacking point of view, and also I think from a defensive point of view. I think the great games have both.’

Shay Given retorted that there’s always going to be mistakes when goals are scored, because you can usually find someone at fault defensively, but Cunningham believed that backed up his point, saying: ‘By definition it can’t be a great game if you’re having that many mistakes on the pitch.’

Then, when asked what he thought a great game was, Lennon quipped ‘a 0-0?’, which led Cunningham to make a rather ludicrous statement.

Captain Paolo Maldini of Milan lifts the trophy after winning the 2003 UEFA Champions League Final. Pic: Alex Livesey/Getty Images

‘I’ve said it before, I’d take the Juventus-AC Milan Champions League final at Old Trafford, 0-0, I’d take that game any day of the week.’

Lennon called that claim ‘rubbish’, having been in attendance at Old Trafford for that occasion. AC Milan would win the final on penalties, but the game has routinely gone down as the worst Champions League final in history, with the Guardian at the time calling it ‘A grim reminder of the old days.’

As expected, that line was resoundingly hounded out by fans online, and even Cunningham’s former Ireland teammate Kevin Kilbane laughed it off, saying on X: ‘Gotta love Kenny.’

‘Giovanni Trapattoni would have loved Kenny Cunningham’, posted a fan on X.

One fan also quote-tweeted the video with a caption we’re pretty sure everyone could get behind, ‘Moments like this is why we need Apres Match.’