RC Strasbourg got here inside 45 minutes of creating it 4 league video games unbeaten, however gave up a half-time lead to lose 3-1 at Stade de la Meinau in opposition to a Paris Saint-Germain facet who’ve moved up to second in Ligue 1 in consequence.
A energetic begin from either side noticed early probabilities at every finish, and solely PSG’s Maghnes Akliouche will know the way he missed an absolute sitter when he fired broad with the aim gaping.
The guests quickly started to put incessant strain on the Strasbourg again 4, who had been indebted to Filip Jorgensen after his point-blank save from Ferran Torres’ towering header.
Against the run of play, the hosts took the lead within the seventeenth minute as Giovanni Reyna beat Matvey Safonov at his close to publish with a low shot.
By the half-hour mark, each groups had every had six efforts at aim, although solely three in whole had been on track. Fabio Balde ought to actually have achieved higher than dragging his shot proper throughout aim when properly positioned.
The match started to swing from finish to finish, and even when the standard of the ending wasn’t up to the usual anticipated, it was nonetheless an absorbing watch. As half-time approached, PSG had seen 78.4% of the ball within the previous quarter-hour, and but had been nonetheless unable to make that dominance rely.
PSG had been on the entrance foot as quickly because the whistle blew to begin the second half, although Strasbourg’s defence, and Pape Diop specifically, held agency in opposition to the onslaught.
A surprising one-handed save down to his left from Safonov saved out Conrad Harder’s goal-bound header, and that gave his facet the impetus to take the sport to their hosts. With an hour performed, nonetheless, they nonetheless hadn’t managed to beat Jorgensen.
Strasbourg had been shut to extending their lead once more when Gessime Yassine, Harder and Jeyland Mitchell all labored Safonov in fast succession, however with 20 minutes to play, PSG had been handed a lifeline when VAR picked up on a handball from Diop.
Second-half substitute Ousmane Dembele squandered the chance when he inexplicably dragged the ball broad of Jorgensen’s right-hand publish.
Dembele quickly made amends when his pinpoint cross discovered an unmarked Illia Zabarnyi to faucet within the equaliser, and then the present Ballon d’Or winner drilled residence a late second earlier than Desire Doue made the sport protected in stoppage time with a simple end.
The outcome signifies that Strasbourg nonetheless haven’t saved a clear sheet in 26 head-to-head encounters (W2, D6, L18), while PSG head into their Champions League fixture with Barcelona after making life very troublesome for themselves.
Flashscore Man of the Match: Illia Zabarnyi (Paris Saint-Germain)
