David Luiz must be in another world right now. Sold to Paris Saint-Germaine by Chelsea last year, the defender’s 86th minute header forced Wednesday’s UEFA Champions League match into extra time, where PSG stunned the Blues with Thiago Silva’s 114th minute header.
Luiz left Chelsea last year in a record £50 million ($74.7 million, 70.8 million Euros) transfer for a defender and he returned to haunt Stamford Bridge as PSG went through on away goals following a 3-3 aggregate draw.
The 27-year-old celebrated with wild abandon after his goal, an emphatic 86th-minute header, took the tie to extra time, but later apologized for any hurt he had inflicted upon the fans of his former club.
The Brazil centre-back netted the 86th-minute equalizer that sent the match to extra-time, before Thiago Silva cancelled out Eden Hazard’s 96th-minute penalty to take the score to 3-3 on aggregate and send PSG through.
“Tonight was good for me to score,” he told Sky Sports. “I said I wouldn’t celebrate, but my emotions I couldn’t control. Thank you to Chelsea and sorry I celebrated because I was so emotional.”
“It is amazing for everyone, amazing for Paris club, for Paris city,” he added. “We did a great game; we tried to win the game.”
“I am happy to be in the next round but we have a long way to go to win the Champions League. We have to keep our feet on the floor.”
The goals only tell half the story, though, with PSG star Zlatan Ibrahimovic controversially sent off in the first half before Gary Cahill put Chelsea ahead with nine minutes to go.
Eden Hazard restored Chelsea’s lead with a penalty after Thiago Silva had been penalized for handball, but the PSG captain atoned with a late looping header that sent the French champions into the quarter-finals.
AUTHOR: SANDRA OBIRI.