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Paris Saint-Germain have opened up a three-point lead at the top of Ligue 1 despite a 0-0 draw away at Stade de Reims on Saturday. Olympique de Marseille’s 2-1 home loss to AC Ajaccio earlier in the day meant that the point earned on the road despite Sergio Ramos‘ first half red card was enough to stretch the French champions’ summit lead.
The Spain international was dismissed for the 21st time in his league career which made the second half at Stade Auguste Delaune more of a challenge than it already was without Lionel Messi. It was an ill-tempered game with eight yellow cards and one red handed out and Ramos’ expulsion owing to dissent as Pierre Gaillouste struggled to stay in control by the end.”
The referee has to handle these situations much better,” said Danilo Pereira after the final whistle. “It winds us players up. We want to play, but these sorts of conditions make it difficult.”
“It is incredible, incredible!” raged Marquinhos at half-time to Canal+. “It is starting to be too much. We do not want to debate referees all the time and we know it is a tough gig, but still… This is going too far now.”
Neymar started the encounter as a substitute and only came on around the hour in an attempt to aid Kylian Mbappe in attack. It was largely fruitless with PSG out-shot four to three and off target more than twice as much as Les Parisiens’ attacking difficulties continue.
Gianluigi Donnarumma‘s clean sheet was a welcome change after some leaky recent outings, but PSG are far from free-scoring since the international break. Galtier has started to rotate his stars which is understandable given such an unforgiving run, but the prolific…
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