Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 Lille: Marquinhos and Di Maria rescue leaders after Messi substitution

Messi
was
a
fitness
doubt
ahead
of
Friday’s
match
at
the
Parc
des
Princes
after
missing
training
on
the
eve
of
the
contest,
and
he
was
taken
off
with
PSG
a
goal
behind,
his
Ligue
1
goal
drought
continuing.

Jonathan
David’s
31st-minute
strike
had
reigning
Ligue
1
champions
Lille
on
course
for
a
third
successive
win
over
the
current
pacesetters,
but
Marquinhos
equalised
16
minutes
from
time
and
Di
Maria
fired
in
a
late
winner.

1

2215613

Mauricio
Pochettino’s
PSG
side
have
now
won
all
eight
home
matches
this
season,
scoring
at
least
twice
in
each
of
those,
and
are
10
points
clear
at
the
top
of
Ligue
1
having
played
a
game
more
than
second-placed
Lens.

RESULTS
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FIXTURES

Lille
almost
took
the
lead
much
earlier
than
transpired,
with
Gianluigi
Donnarumma
making
a
good
stop
to
push
aside
Burak
Yilmaz’s
shot
following
a
swift
counter
with
56
seconds
on
the
clock.

PSG
could
not
get
into
the
game
and
they
were
behind
just
after
the
half-hour
mark
when
Yilmaz
raced
past
Thilo
Kehrer
and
teed
up
David
to
side-foot
past
Donnarumma.

Di
Maria
curled
wide
from
a
tight
angle
from
PSG’s
only
real
opportunity
of
note
in
the
first
half,
and
Pochettino
took
action
at
half-time
by
taking
off
a
half-fit
Messi.

Replacement
forward
Mauro
Icardi
provided
the
hosts
with
more
of
a
focal
point
but
Lille
continued
to
look
dangerous,
with
Yilmaz
nearly
beating
Donnarumma
via
an
improvised
shot.

PSG
steadily
built
some
momentum,
though,
and
an
unmarked
Marquinhos
thumped
a
shot
into
the
roof
of
the
net
when
picked
out
by
Di
Maria
to
get
the
home
side
back
on
level
terms.

Icardi
missed
a
glorious
chance
soon
after,
but
Di
Maria
linked
up
with
Neymar
in
the
88th
minute
and
coolly
slotted
low
past
Ivo
Grbic
to
get
PSG
back
to
winning
ways
following
last
week’s
stalemate
with
Marseille.

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