Ousmane Dembele climbed off the bench to earn Paris Saint-Germain a 1-1 draw at Reims on Saturday.
The Ligue 1 champions ensured they maintained their unbeaten begin to the season, although they needed to accept a degree.
Reims took an early lead when Junya Ito’s intelligent cross into the field discovered his Japanese compatriot Keito Nakamura, who fantastically struck residence after the ball bounced off PSG captain Marquinhos.
Luis Enrique’s facet had been determined to equalise and midfielder Lee Kang-in had the clearest probability after Randal Kolo Muani’s incisive cross, however he couldn’t get his effort previous goalkeeper Yehvann Diouf.
But Dembele proved decisive off the bench.
Having changed Need Doue within the sixty fifth, Dembele latched on to Joao Neves’s fierce cross to fit residence from a good angle and rescue a share of the spoils.
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Information Debrief: PSG stay unbeatable on the street
It’s now 27 Ligue 1 away video games unbeaten for PSG, which is the longest such run within the competitors’s historical past.
They weren’t at their greatest this day trip, although Luis Enrique will little doubt really feel his group had been not less than worthy of a degree, having seen them have 11 pictures to Reims’ eight, whereas mustering a better xG (1.63 to 0.34).
Dembele, in the meantime, has already scored extra targets in 5 Ligue 1 matches (4) this season than in 26 final season (three). He has been concerned in six targets within the prime flight this time period (4 targets, two assists), greater than every other participant.
