AMIENS, France, Feb 16, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Amiens’ Serhou Guirassy scored an
injury time equaliser on Saturday to secure a roller-coaster 4-4 draw with a
Paris Saint-Germain side without Neymar and Kylian Mbappe ahead of next
week’s Champions League last 16 tie at Borussia Dortmund.
Relegation-haunted Amiens had been on course for a shock win when they
surged into a 3-0 lead after 40 minutes before the French champions clawed
their way back to lead 4-3 on the back of Tanguy Kouassi becoming PSG’s
youngest scorer in 44 years.
Brazil forward Neymar has been sidelined since February 1 with a rib injury
while France World Cup winner Mbappe was rested ahead of Tuesday’s trip to
Germany.
PSG move 13 points clear of second-place Marseille while the home side
remain in the relegation zone and without a league win since November 2.
The hosts’ boss Luka Elsner made two changes to his side from last
Saturday’s loss to Monaco as Haitam Aleesami and Bongani Zungu started
instead of the suspended Thomas Monconduit and Bakaye Dibassy.
Former French youth international Guirassy opened the scoring after nine
minutes before ex-Chelsea midfielder Gael Kakuta doubled the lead 20 minutes
later.
Fousseni Diabate, on-loan from Leicester City, made it 3-0 on the 40-minute
mark after his low effort was deflected by PSG captain Thiago Silva.
Midfielder Ander Herrera cut the league strugglers’ lead seconds before
half-time with a side-footed volley.
Tuchel made two changes at the break with Marco Veratti and Marquinhos
replacing Idrissa Gueye and Silva.
Teenager Tanguy Kouassi scored his first senior goal after an hour from a
Julian Draxler header to become PSG’s youngest goal scorer since Lionel
Justier in 1976.
The 17-year-old holding midfielder, who remains on an academy contract with
the Parisians, equalised five minutes later from an Angel Di Maria as PSG
pushed on.
The visitors thought they had completed a huge comeback as Juan Bernat
found Mauro Icardi at the back-post and the on-loan forward hit his 19th goal
of the season.
But after one minute of injury time, Guirassy was fed by winger Quentin
Cornette to equalise for his eighth effort of the campaign.
On Sunday, second-placed Marseille head to Lille in fourth.
On Friday, attacker Islam Slimani claimed a 1-0 victory for Monaco at
Montpellier.