Ramos scores stoppage-time penalty to spare PSG
A late Goncalo Ramos penalty rescued a point for Paris Saint-Germain as it drew 1-1 with Rennes in Ligue 1.
Although PSG retained the majority of possession in the first-half, Rennes took its chance and Amine Gouiri fired it in front with a stunning solo effort.
The hosts wasted a series of chances in the second-half and looked destined for a second league defeat this season before Ramos scored from the spot deep into stoppage-time.
A draw means PSG now holds an 11 point advantage over second-placed Brest, which beat Strasbourg in its game, while Rennes moves into seventh.
A quiet start to proceedings saw the hosts take control but fail to test Rennes.
Vitinha had the first decent chance of the match in the 20th minute, when his low strike forced Steve Mandanda into a great fingertip save to push the ball behind for a corner.
Christopher Wooh then did well to stick a boot out to deny Ousmane Dembele’s through ball to Kylian Mbappe as the hosts struggled to find the breakthrough.
Despite PSG’s dominance in the first half, it was Rennes that took the lead in the 33rd minute after taking advantage of its first chance of the game.
Gouiri broke through the centre of the pitch and launched into a brilliant run, weaving around the PSG defence before flicking the ball forward to clip it with the outside of his boot into the top-right corner.
The Algeria striker had another opportunity to double the lead minutes later after taking the ball past Danilo Pereira but fired wide.
Achraf Hakimi fired a free-kick well over the bar early in the second half as PSG searched for the equaliser and the Morocco international came close from another set-piece which curled just wide of the far post.
Frustrations for the home side continued when Dembele burst down the right and found an unmarked Mbappe lurking on the edge of the area in plenty of space, but the captain dispatched a low effort wide.
Mandanda then made a great save, getting a strong hand to claw away Dembele’s strike from the right before Mbappe threatened again with a powerful effort that whistled just over the bar.
Rennes missed an incredible opportunity to extend its lead in the 69th minute when a low cross from the left was fed into Benjamin Bourigeaud at the near post, but the midfielder bundled his shot wide.
PSG had another great chance from a corner when Fabian flicked a header on to Pereira, who headed over the bar.
The hosts had a penalty ruling overturned by VAR in the final 10 minutes when Ramos dived in the box.
Bourigeaud then had a dangerous free-kick punched away by Gianluigi Donnarumma in the 90th minute before Fabian volleyed the ball past the post.
Late drama saw Ramos go down in the box again and, after a consultation and check with VAR, a penalty was awarded, which the striker blasted into the top corner in the sixth minute of stoppage-time to salvage a point.
