Kylian Mbappe’s PSG: Paris St. Germain squandered a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at home against Brest.
Paris St-Germain squandered a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at home to Brest on Sunday, missing an opportunity to expand their Ligue 1 advantage. Luis Enrique’s team, which finished with 10 men after Bradley Barcola was sent off in stoppage time, remained in first place with 44 points, six ahead of second-placed Nice. Brest is third with 35 points, one ahead of AS Monaco.
“It is simple to explain: we lost control of the game. “It’s football, not basketball, so anything can happen,” Luis Enrique told Prime Video. “There are two very different halves of the game—a great first half, one of the best of the season,” the Spaniard said at a press conference.
“Then we had one of the worst second halves of the season. Today, we could have lost. “We thought the game was over, but it was not.” Marco Asensio scored in the 38th minute with a close-range volley off a fantastic chipped pass from Barcola, his first league goal since September.
Randal Kolo Muani extended the lead by tapping in a loose ball from close range after Brest custodian Marco Bizot saved Asensio’s shot seconds before halftime. Brest looked more dangerous after the break and equalised in the 55th minute when Mahdi Camara’s drive from inside the area bounced off PSG defender Danilo and past goalie Gianluigi Donnarumma. Substitute Mathias Pereira Lage levelled in the 80th minute with a stunning back-heel after Martin Satriano found him in the six-yard area following a brilliant solo run from the left.
“We were dealt two blows in the first half, but tonight we proved that we are a real team.” “We had something at stake, and now we’re third,” Pereira Lage remarked after scoring his third goal of the season.
PSG’s faint chances of victory were dashed when Barcola received his second yellow card in stoppage time, reducing them to ten men. The capital side will face Strasbourg on Friday before hosting Brest again in the French Cup last-16 next Wednesday.
“Today’s match is proof that the Cup game is going to be very difficult, I’m angry, and I hope that what happened to us twice against them doesn’t happen again,” Luis Enrique added, referring to the reverse league fixture, in which Brest also came back from a two-goal deficit but lost 3-2. “Brest are one of the best teams in the French league without a doubt.”
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