PSG captain Marquinhos scored at both ends against Racing Strasbourg before a last-gasp Kylian Mbappe penalty secured the Ligue 1 leaders a 2-1 victory on Wednesday.
The victory came despite the fact that they were reduced to 10 men midway through the second half after Neymar was sent off.
Marquinhos opened the scoring by breaking free from his marker and heading in Neymar’s cross after 14 minutes.
The Brazilian defender, however, deflected Adrien Thomasson’s cross into his own net in the 51st minute to leave the scores level between both teams.
Neymar then received his marching orders in the 62nd minute at Parc des Princes after picking up two bookings in two minutes, the first for a foul and then a second for diving a minute later.
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Ten days after Mbappe’s hopes of becoming a two-time World Cup winner were dashed after 2018 champions France were beaten by Argentina in the Qatar final, the 24-year-old was on target again as he converted a penalty six minutes into stoppage time after being pulled inside the box.
Ten days after scoring a hat trick in the World Cup final, Kylian Mbappé wins it for PSG in the 95th minute 💥 pic.twitter.com/suCfUaiykI
— B/R Football (@brfootball) December 28, 2022
Meanwhile, PSG were missing talismanic star, Lionel Messi, who is still in Argentina celebrating his World Cup triumph.
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