PSG Needs Stoppage-time Penalty To Draw With Rennes. American Balogun Scores In Monaco’s Win – News18

PARIS: Kylian Mbappé was saved quiet as French league chief Paris Saint-Germain wanted a penalty from substitute Gonçalo Ramos seven minutes into stoppage time to scrape a 1-1 residence draw with Rennes on Sunday.

It was Mbappé’s first recreation since he introduced he’s leaving PSG on the finish of the season and the group didn’t jeer him at Parc des Princes.

Ramos got here on for 21-purpose league high scorer Mbappé halfway via the second half, and scored from the spot after a video evaluation dominated that goalkeeper Steve Mandanda had fouled him.

That determination got here after one other video evaluation overturned a penalty and dominated that Ramos had not been fouled within the 84th minute.

Mandanda made two high quality saves for Rennes, which scored via Amine Gouiri’s wonderful solo purpose within the thirty third minute.

The full of life ahead ran on the protection from some 30 meters out, skipped previous Vitinha, put the ball via Danilo’s legs after which beat goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma with the skin of his foot.

PSG solely simply prevented its second league defeat this season, which was at residence towards Nice in September.

The draw lower PSG’s huge result in 11 factors over second-place Brest. Improving Rennes is in seventh place.

In Sunday’s late recreation, Marseille hosted Montpellier.

In the lunchtime match, American ahead Folarin Balogun scored early and missed a late penalty earlier than his teammate Takumi Minamino reprieved him with an harm-time purpose as Monaco received 3-2 at Lens to maneuver as much as third place.

Goalkeeper Brice Samba saved Balogun’s 82nd-minute penalty, which was awarded after Balogun was fouled in a French league thriller.

Lens rallied from 2-0 down however conceded within the second minute of stoppage time, when Minamino’s high quality shot from the appropriate discovered the left nook.

The 22-12 months-outdated Balogun put Monaco in entrance within the nineteenth minute when he managed a protracted move along with his head, beat a defender and completed coolly previous Samba. It was solely his fifth league purpose since an offseason transfer from Premier League Arsenal, having netted 21 instances on mortgage to Reims final season.

Samba’s personal-purpose within the thirtieth following a speculative shot from striker Wissam Ben Yedder put Monaco in management, however Monaco’s defensive lapses have been commonplace and Lens hit again via strikers Elye Wahi and Wesley Saïd.

Monaco is one level forward of French Riviera rival Nice, which surprisingly drew 0-0 at residence to final-place Clermont, whereas Lille stayed in fifth spot after dropping 3-1 at Toulouse regardless of taking the lead.

Also, eighth-place Reims received 2-1 at Le Havre.

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