Gary O’Neil suffered his first defeat as Strasbourg head coach as his aspect fell to a 2-1 loss to champions Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1.
Senny Mayulu opened the scoring for Luis Enrique’s males earlier than Guela Doue levelled issues up earlier than the break.
Strasbourg had earlier missed a penalty and thought they may be in course to take all three factors when Achraf Hakimi was despatched off with quarter-hour left to play.
Nonetheless, with 9 minutes remaining, Nuno Mendes popped as much as head dwelling the winner for the 10-man Parisians.
The end result lifts the European champions above Lens and into prime spot. For Strasbourg and O’Neil, they continue to be in seventh.
How the motion unfolded
Strasbourg had an excellent likelihood to take the lead on 20 minutes after they have been awarded a penalty when the ball struck Marquinhos’ hand within the space.
Striker Joaquin Panichelli assumed spot-kick duties however his effort was saved by Matvey Safonov.
It appeared as if Enrique’s choice to depart some key personnel out for the conflict at Stade de la Meinau would possibly show to be a expensive one.
Nonetheless, with the likes of Ousmane Dembele and Want Doue watching on from the bench, PSG opened the scoring simply moments later.
After predictably having a lot of the ball within the opening phases, the Ligue 1 champions broke the impasse courtesy of 19-year-old Mayulu within the twenty second minute.
However the benefit would final simply 5 minutes when O’Neil’s males levelled issues up after Guela Doue – older brother of Want – discovered the web from former Chelsea’s full-back Ben Chilwell’s cross.
After the break, Strasbourg seemed vivid earlier than PSG ultimately regained management of the sport regardless of being unable to interrupt their opponents down.
With 1 / 4 of an hour remaining, Hakimi was given his marching orders after VAR upgraded his reserving for a problem on Panichelli.
Regardless of the numerical drawback, the Parisians regained the lead shortly after when Nuno Mendes headed dwelling Warren Zaire-Emery’s cross.
The ten-man guests noticed the remainder of the sport out to maneuver again to the summit of the French top-flight.
