The suit also featured the long-awaited PSG debut of Spanish defender Sergio Ramos, at the same time as Neymar left the pitch sobbing in pain, stretchered off with an ankle harm.
Still in November, the end result leaves PSG on forty points, 14 clear of 2nd-positioned Nice, who lost 1-zero at domestic to struggling Metz on Saturday. Saint-Etienne took a wonder lead while Denis Bouanga beat the offside entice to fire a shot beyond Gianluigi Donnarumma on 23 minutes, a flag went up however a VAR evaluate presented the purpose.
The hosts, languishing in the bottom two however at the lower back of immediately league wins, held their own towards PSG, who seemed extra affected by the freezing bloodless and gusting snow. All that modified with a crimson card.
There was no VAR to shop the hosts on the stroke of 1/2-time while back-monitoring defender Timothee Kolodziejczak turned into sent off for a flailing task on Kylian Mbappe. PSG then levelled while Marquinhos scored with a towering header as Messi floated inside the subsequent loose-kick, sending in the facets level, however with the hosts putting their heads. "At satisfactory that changed into too harsh," stated Saint-Etienne instruct Claude Puel. "It modified the fit, we had been leading and doing well."
The 2nd half of became one-way traffic with similarly desires coming from Angel Di Maria on 79 and centre-back Marquinhos along with his 2nd in time added on -- Messi once more imparting inch-ideal passes. But there was horrific information for PSG overdue on as Neymar fell in complete flight after treading on a defender's leg and twisting his ankle in a manner that made his teammates wince. "That's existence," Neymar stated on Instagram. "I'll be again higher and more potent."
The result sees Saint-Etienne slip to the foot of the desk, at the back of Metz on intention difference.
