Ramos rouses PSG but title party stays on ice
Paris Saint-Germain was forced to come back from two goals down to steal a point in a 3-3 draw at home to relegation-battling Le Havre, forcing the champion to wait a little longer before confirming what looks to be an inevitable 12th Ligue 1 title.
PSG would have clinched the title with three games to spare with a victory in this fixture, but Le Havre arrived with party pooper vibes.
The hosts have a 12-point gap over second-placed Monaco, which plays at Lyon on Monday (AEST), and a goal difference of 47 to Monaco's 18. If Monaco slips up in that match, the title goes to PSG, but winning in front of its fans at home would have been the preferred option.
Havre, though, opened the scoring in the 19th minute through Christopher Operi, stunning the home support. PSG levelled 10 minutes later with Bradley Barcola scoring, but Le Havre went ahead again seven minutes before the break when Andre Ayew found the net.
Le Havre made it 3-1 with an Abdoulaye Toure penalty in the 61st minute after a VAR check, before Achrif Hakimi gave PSG hope with a goal 12 minutes from time. Goncalo Ramos, who had assisted Hakimi, then levelled deep into stoppage-time with a fine header, leaving Le Havre stunned and stuck in 15th place with 29 points.
With one eye on PSG's UEFA Champions League semi-final at Borussia Dortmund this week, Luis Enrique named just one player from the midweek win over Lorient in his starting side, with Kylian Mbappe dropped to the bench.
PSG looked in control early on but it was not just the rain pouring down at Parc des Princes that dampened the atmosphere as the visitors threatened to spoil the party by twice going in front to lead at the break.
After soaking up all the early PSG pressure, a counter-attack ended with Emmanuel Sabbi's pass finding the unmarked Operi, who struck first time from just inside the area into the far bottom corner.
PSG drew level when Warren Zaire-Emery played a ball across the goal from the right which was tapped home at the far post by Barcola for his third league goal this season.
Le Havre struck again with Loic Nego hitting a clever backheel pass to Ayew who took a couple of touches to find space in the box and his shot took a slight deflection off Danilo Pereira before hitting the net.
Luis Enrique, wanting to celebrate the title win in front of the PSG fans, was forced into action at the break, with Mbappe, Lee Kang-In and Senny Mayulu all making their entrances.
The expected reaction failed to materialise and it was Le Havre that made it 3-1 when Pereira fouled Nego and Toure made no mistake from the spot.
Hakimi was put through one-on-one with the keeper and his goal brought the crowd to life again.
Then Ramos found the net with a fabulous header to pull PSG level in the fifth minute of stoppage-time, but there was no time to find a winner as the home fans left without a title celebration.
