On-loan Arsenal striker Folarin Balogun scored a dramatic stoppage-time equaliser for Reims against 10-man Paris St-Germain.
The result means PSG miss the opportunity to open up a five-point lead over Lens at the top of Ligue 1.
Neymar had opened the scoring for PSG who then had midfielder Marco Verratti sent off.
Balogun’s equaliser arrived in the 96th minute to extend Reims’ unbeaten run to 14 games in all competitions.
The England under-21 international has now scored 11 goals in Ligue 1 this season, the most of any player aged 21 or under in Europe’s big five leagues.
Reims, coached by 30-year-old Belgian-born Englishman Will Still, acquitted themselves well throughout against a PSG starting XI that contained Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Neymar for the first time since the World Cup.
PSG have now dropped points in three of their four league games in 2023 and their form will be a concern with the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie against Bayern Munich just over two weeks away.
Line-ups
PSG
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 99G DonnarummaBooked at 90mins
- 2Hakimi
- 5MarquinhosBooked at 29mins
- 4Ramos
- 14Bernat
- 17VitinhaSubstituted forVerrattiat 45′minutesBooked at 59mins
- 8RuizSubstituted forRenato Sanchesat 68′minutes
- 28SolerSubstituted forDaniloat 63′minutes
- 30Messi
- 10NeymarSubstituted forZaïre-Emeryat 85′minutes
- 7Mbappé
Substitutes
- 1Navas
- 6Verratti
- 15Danilo
- 18Renato Sanches
- 29Pembélé
- 31Bitshiabu
- 33Zaïre-Emery
- 35Gharbi
- 44Ekitike
Reims
Formation 4-5-1
- 94Diouf
- 32Foket
- 24Agbadou
- 5Abdelhamid
- 25De Smet
- 39ItoBooked at 35minsSubstituted forvan Bergenat 83′minutes
- 21Matusiwa
- 15MunetsiSubstituted forDoumbiaat 75′minutes
- 8CajusteSubstituted forLopyat 83′minutes
- 70FlipsSubstituted forZeneliat 75′minutes
- 29Balogun
Substitutes
- 3Doumbia
- 4Busi
- 6Gravillon
- 10Zeneli
- 17Lopy
- 18Adeline
- 19van Bergen
- 30Penneteau
- 99Guitane
- Referee:
- Ruddy Buquet
- Attendance:
- 46,000
Live Text
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Match ends, Paris Saint Germain 1, Reims 1.
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Second Half ends, Paris Saint Germain 1, Reims 1.
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Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Reims 1. Folarin Balogun (Reims) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Kamory Doumbia with a through ball.
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Danilo Pereira (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Yunis Abdelhamid (Reims).
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Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card.
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Sergio Ramos (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Folarin Balogun (Reims).
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Corner, Reims. Conceded by Juan Bernat.
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Attempt blocked. Folarin Balogun (Reims) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mitchell van Bergen with a through ball.
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Attempt missed. Mitchell van Bergen (Reims) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Thomas Foket.
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Attempt saved. Yunis Abdelhamid (Reims) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Arbër Zeneli.
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Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Warren Zaïre-Emery replaces Neymar.
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Attempt missed. Arbër Zeneli (Reims) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Mitchell van Bergen with a cross.
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Substitution, Reims. Mitchell van Bergen replaces Junya Ito.
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Substitution, Reims. Dion Lopy replaces Jens Cajuste.
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Attempt missed. Lionel Messi (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Neymar.
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Attempt saved. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Neymar.
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Lionel Messi (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Yunis Abdelhamid (Reims).
