Doue masterclass leads PSG comeback
Desire Doue scored twice as a substitute as Paris Saint-Germain recovered from 2-0 down to defeat Monaco – which had Aleksandr Golovin sent off – 3-2 in the first leg of their Champions League play-off tie.
Doue was only summoned off the bench in the 27th minute after an injury to Ousmane Dembele, but he joined Folarin Balogun in grabbing a brace, either side of helping to create a goal for Achraf Hakimi.
It took just 55 seconds for Monaco to make the breakthrough, with Golovin hanging over a pinpoint cross from the left for Balogun to nod into a gaping net.
Balogun's second goal arrived in the 18th minute, with the United States international slotting beyond Matvey Safonov after being released in behind by Maghnes Akliouche.
Wout Faes gifted PSG a route back into the game when he chopped down Khvicha Kvaratskhelia in full flight inside the area, but Philipp Kohn dived right to parry Vitinha's penalty, and the visitors then received a further blow when Dembele limped off, having been a pre-match fitness doubt.
However, Dembele's exit actually prompted PSG's fightback as his replacement Doue drilled in off the far post, and then, four minutes before half-time, it was his saved shot that fell kindly for Hakimi to fire back across goal and make it 2-2.
Things got even worse for Monaco three minutes into the second half, with a VAR review resulting in Golovin being sent off for scraping his studs down the shin of Vitinha.
Doue's sensational showing continued when he drilled into the bottom-right corner to complete the turnaround in the 67th minute, after a neat offload by Warren Zaire-Emery, though PSG were unable to turn their dominance into a fourth goal thereafter.

































