The fit additionally featured the long-awaited PSG debut of Spanish defender Sergio Ramos, at the same time as Neymar left the pitch sobbing in discomfort, stretchered off with an ankle harm.
Still in November, the result leaves PSG on 40 factors, 12 clear of second-positioned Rennes, who beat Lorient 2-0 for their sixth win in seven matches.
"I'm satisfied with the performance of the entire group and the effort from all of the gamers, particularly Lionel Messi who helped us win the healthy," stated PSG coach Mauricio Pochettino.
Saint-Etienne took a wonder lead whilst Denis Bouanga beat the offside trap to hearth a shot past Gianluigi Donnarumma on 23 minutes. A flag went up but a VAR assessment offered the purpose.
The hosts, languishing inside the backside two however at the back of two directly league wins, held their personal in opposition to PSG, who seemed extra stricken by the freezing cold and gusting snow.
All that modified with a pink card.
There changed into no VAR to store the hosts at the stroke of half-time whilst again-monitoring defender Timothee Kolodziejczak was despatched off for a flailing mission on Kylian Mbappe.
PSG then levelled when Marquinhos scored with a towering header as Messi floated within the subsequent unfastened-kick, sending inside the sides level, but with the hosts putting their heads.
"At pleasant that changed into too harsh," said Saint-Etienne teach Claude Puel. "It modified the suit, we had been leading and doing properly."
The 2nd 1/2 changed into one-manner traffic with in addition dreams coming from Angel Di Maria on 79 mins and centre-back Marquinhos with his 2nd in time delivered on -- Messi once more offering inch-ideal passes.
