Paris Saint-Germain adopted up their midweek Champions League loss to Bayern Munich by dropping factors in a 1-1 draw with Nantes in Ligue 1 on Saturday.
PSG did look to be on track for a cushty win in opposition to struggling opponents when Achraf Hakimi gave them a second-minute lead on a perishing night on the Parc des Princes.
Nonetheless, Matthis Abline equalised earlier than half-time and the guests then held on for a share of the factors.
Whereas Luis Enrique’s PSG facet toil within the Champions League and are in severe hazard of a shock early exit from European competitors, they continue to be undefeated this season in Ligue 1 and at the moment are seven factors clear on the prime from Monaco.
Nonetheless, the principality facet could have the possibility to shut that hole after they play on Sunday away at third-placed Marseille.
Nantes, in the meantime, have now gone 10 matches with out successful however they’ll see this as a treasured level of their struggle to keep away from relegation.
Luis Enrique made some notable choice choices right here with Portugal striker Goncalo Ramos main the assault on his first begin after greater than three months on the sidelines with an ankle harm.
Gianluigi Donnarumma was recalled in objective after being controversially dropped in Munich, the place the Russian Matfei Safonov was most well-liked to him however was at fault for the one objective of the sport.
Ramos was concerned as Paris went forward inside two minutes, concerning a low cross from the left by Nuno Mendes for Hakimi to transform on the again put up.
Lee Kang-in, most well-liked to Ousmane Dembele on the best wing, then struck the put up as PSG pushed for a second objective.
Nantes provided little however they equalised in opposition to the run of play seven minutes earlier than half-time as Abline obtained away from Willian Pacho earlier than ending previous Donnarumma.
Abline got here nearer than anybody to scoring within the second half with a near-post header at a nook, as PSG dominated possession and territory however struggled to create clear scoring possibilities.
Earlier in France, former Argentina and Chile coach Jorge Sampaoli oversaw his first victory in command of Rennes as Arnaud Kalimuendo scored a hat-trick in a 5-0 demolition of 10-man Saint-Etienne.
Kalimuendo, previously of PSG, scored two of his targets from the penalty spot, whereas Ludovic Blas and Amine Gouiri additionally netted for a Rennes facet who had misplaced their earlier three matches.
The Brittany outfit, who appointed the ex-Marseille boss in early November after a poor begin to the marketing campaign, transfer up into mid-table because of the victory in Sampaoli’s second match on the helm.
For Saint-Etienne, who had been handicapped by the first-half sending-off of Mathieu Cafaro, the heavy loss leaves them two factors away from a Nantes crew sitting within the relegation play-off place.
In the meantime Brest bounced again from their 3-0 midweek loss to Barcelona within the Champions League with a 3-1 victory at dwelling to Strasbourg.
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