PLAYER RATINGS | PSG 2-2 Brest: Leaders held by spirited performance from Bretons

Paris Saint-Germain were given a timely reminder on Sunday night that the Ligue 1 title is not wrapped up yet, as a spirited Brest side came back from two goals down to clinch a point at the Parc des Princes. 

Few will have been surprised by Brest’s assured start – on their way to third place mid-campaign, Eric Roy’s men had only conceded one more goal this season than tonight’s opponents. While Kylian Mbappé and Bradley Barcola managed the occasional breakthrough, the Ty-Zefs were largely able to contain the hosts’ pushes forward. Led by the electric Romain Del Castillo, they were also able to take some jabs of their own at a makeshift PSG defence. 

Marco Asensio’s opener on 40 minutes would come against the run of play – the Bretons had strung together a marathon passing move just before. As was often the case in the first half, the Parisians countered down Bradley Barcola’s left wing, the forward finding the onrushing Asensio over the top, and the Spaniard found the far post from a tight angle with a first-time hit.

Barcola was once again involved when the hosts doubled their lead just before half-time, finding Asensio in a similar position – this time, the midfielder’s shot was parried away by Bizot – but straight into the path of Randal Kolo Muani for an open-goal finish.

The visitors would find their footing again at the start of the second half, though. They were eventually rewarded for pushing forward, as Del Castillo drove through the defence before finding Mahdi Camara, whose mistimed close-range shot was deflected in by Danilo – the ball trickling past Donnarumma to halve the lead.

PSG’s second-performance would be a far cry from their five-minute purple patch at the end of the first half, with Bizot left mostly