PSG won a lucky 3-2 victory over home team Brest in Ligue 1 after Kylian Mbappe’s late goal in the 89th minute to help the Parisian team record 4 consecutive victories this season.
Coach Luis Enrique’s team, which just won 3-0 against AC Milan in the Champions League group stage a few days ago, started confidently and continuously put pressure on the home team’s defense.
Right in the 3rd minute, Lee Kang In almost opened the score for the away team, but goalkeeper Bizot successfully saved. 2 minutes later, the Dutch goalkeeper continued to block Zaire-Emery’s dangerous shot.
However, the home team only stood firm for 18 minutes when Bradley Barcola passed two home team players before passing the ball to Warren Zaire-Emery who finished dangerously on the edge of the penalty area to open the score for PSG.
By the 28th minute, the score was 2-0 when Korean striker Lee Kang In created a favorable position for Mbappe to put his name on the scoreboard.
Trailing by two goals, the home team Brest rallied strongly and appealed to the referee twice to request a penalty but were unsuccessful. However, Brest still managed to score a goal to shorten the score to 1-2 after striker Steve Mounie headed the ball past goalkeeper Donnarumma after a pass from teammate Kenny Lala.
Entering the second half, Brest pushed up the attacking team to search for an equalizing goal and realized the goal when Le Douaro scored a beautiful header after the home team’s corner kick that goalkeeper Donnarumma could not stop.
The match returned to the starting line and Brest almost took the lead in the 70th minute but Donarumma saved PSG a visible loss. Just when people were starting to think about a draw, PSG suddenly received a penalty kick after Kolo Muani was fouled in the penalty area.
Mbappe was in charge of taking the free kick and this player made his teammates’ hearts skip a beat after failing to beat goalkeeper Marco Bizot, but the French striker still took advantage of the situation where the ball bounced out to rush in for a rebound, bringing about the dramatic 3-2 victory for PSG.
This victory helps coach Enrique and his team temporarily rise to second place on the rankings, 1 point behind leading team Nice after 10 rounds.