Paris-Saint-Germain won in pain (3-1) against Nantes on Saturday, November 20, before their Champions League meeting Wednesday against Manchester City, thanks in particular to the first goal in Ligue 1 of Lionel Messi.
The Parisians scored from the start of the match thanks to Kylian MBappé (2e), but Nantes equalized in the 76e minute thanks to Kolo Muani (1-1) after the exclusion of Keylor Navas (64e). Coming out to meet Ludovic Blas, who had just escaped the supervision of Thilo Kehrer, Navas punched the number 10 Nantes in the chest, which earned him a red card.
But that did not prevent Paris from winning the match thanks to a goal against his camp from Nantes Dennis Appiah, who wanted to deflect a pass from Lionel Messi to Kylian Mbappé (81e), then another from the Argentinian star, with a precise strike after a solo action (87e).
Smoke
Paris is doing well thanks to its talented players. PSG honored the 30 years of the Auteuil turn, celebrated with a lot of smoke, and especially well prepared for its important trip to Manchester City. He also erased the sad memory of the defeat at the Parc des Princes against Nantes last March (2-1), arguably the worst match of the Mauricio Pochettino era.
To complete the pre-Citizens exercise, PSG played two completely reversed halves: one for the complicity of his attacking trio, the other to work on defense, after the exclusion of his goalkeeper, and cons.