PSG Denied Top Area In Ligue 1 After Home Loss
15 March, 2021
Ligue 1
Result: Paris Saint-Germain 1-2 Nantes
Date: 14 March 2021
Venue: Parc di Princes
Paris Saint-Germain missed the opportunity to go best of Ligue 1 after suffering a 2-1 loss to Nantes in the French capital on Sunday evening.
Mauricio Pochettino dropped Alessandro Florenzi, Leandro Paredes, Layvin Kurzawa, Idrissa Gueye and Mauro Icardi from the 1-1 pull with FC Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League last 16 during the week.
PSG leaned towards the front on 11 minutes following Angel Di Maria worked an starting from the right-side to find goalkeeper Alban Lafont palm for a good corner-kick.
It was all the Parisans and the probabilities kept approaching their midway found in the midway point when Rafinha narrowly headed a cross the top.
A fantastic close-range conserve from Lafont just a little soon after denied Kylian Mbappe the opportunity to double their business lead after functioning onto a ball into space.
Nantes succumbed to the hosts' pursuit minutes interior halftime after Julian Draxler charged at the border of the area to complete off a steady delivery.
Mbappe gave the tourists another threat two moments from the interval after he turned two defenders to drag wide of the mark.
La Maison enjoyed virtually no time on the ball and furthermore clear-cut starting, which PSG managed successfully shortly before the break.
Pochettino introduced a change minutes following the start of second half as Rafinha made way for striker Icardi.
Nantes didn’t delay long to pull level through a good well-taken strike on 59 a few minutes by Randal Kolo, offering PSG goalkeeper Keylor Navas zero chance.
La Maison turned the meet around in the ultimate 20 minutes whenever a ball from Kolo spotted Moses Simon to accomplish the others with a composed surface finish from inside box carrying out a counter-attack.
PSG pushed for the equaliser inside the remaining a few minutes of the match, but the visitors closed look for a 2-1 win.
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za