Depleted PSG continue to struggle as Kylian Mbappe scores dubious penalty to seal late Ligue 1 win over Angers

Paris Saint-Germain had been with out the likes of Lionel Messi, Neymar, Angel Di Maria and Marquinhos towards Angers SCO on Friday and it confirmed of their lackluster show because the French giants scraped a 2-1 win over one in every of Ligue 1’s shock packages up to now.

The affect of the most recent worldwide break should not detract from the guests’ efficiency which was the most recent in a line of encouraging shows underneath new boss Gerald Baticle however PSG had been majorly underwhelming as soon as extra and wanted a Danilo Pereira header and a controversial late Kylian Mbappe penalty by way of VAR to save lots of them from a second consecutive defeat.

Angers had been full worth for his or her halftime lead by means of Angelo Fulgini as Sofiane Boufal and Mohamed-Ali Cho ran the house protection ragged at Parc des Princes to the frustration of Mauricio Pochettino, who was just about obliged to area a makeshift again 4.

Regardless of the quite a few absences for PSG, Mbappe, Marco Verratti, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Mauro Icardi and Presnel Kimpembe all nonetheless began in an XI which, whereas not missing particular person capacity, regarded each bit the bunch of gamers who’ve scarcely performed collectively that many of those peripheral figures are.

Gini Wijnaldum, who voiced his concern at his present state of affairs in Paris over the worldwide break, was solely a substitute alongside the likes of Julian Draxler whereas Juan Bernat made his return from a prolonged damage layoff, so it was hardly the naked bones even when there have been some main names lacking.

But PSG made it seem as if they may barely area a coherent choice with 90 extra labored minutes the place they didn’t actually deserve rather more than a degree and Angers may even really feel aggrieved at that given their first half mastery of Les Parisiens.

Then got here the penalty. Like towards Olympique Lyonnais a number of weeks in the past when Neymar was extremely awarded a penalty for a tangle with Malo Gusto by which he gave the impression to be not less than an equal aggressor, VAR got here to PSG’s rescue with one other spot-kick out of skinny air.

Mbappe, contemporary from exorcizing his Euro 2020 summer time ghosts after his shootout miss towards Switzerland, added to his penalty towards Belgium which despatched France to a 3-2 UEFA Nations League win and into the ultimate with equal aplomb previous Paul Bernardoni.

To say that it was a harsh blow for Angers, although, could be an understatement and Baticle’s males will really feel arduous achieved by having put a lot into an finally unrewarding night underneath the lights within the capital.

Count on issues to be massively totally different come Tuesday towards RB Leipzig within the UEFA Champions League when the massive weapons can be again and aiming to remain high of Group A after their spectacular win over Manchester Metropolis final trip however there is no such thing as a escaping the sensation that PSG are scraping by doing the naked minimal proper now.