(Ligue 1 2022/2023): Highlights Brest - PSG

Christophe Gaultier was clear on refocusing on the Ligue 1 Uber Eats title when PSG travelled to Brest in the eye of another Champions League storm. Defeat at Bayern Munich saw the club crash out of the Round of 16 stage and out of the Coupe de France. The French champions with singular focus. Kylian Mbappé capped in with Marquinhos out injured. Brest earned a huge win at relegation rivals Strasbourg to climb out of the bottom four and end a run of three straight defeats. Perroquet had led Les Perriades to almost as many points as the Bretons had managed in their first 17. Messi found himself on his backside. Carlos Soler then bringing an unbelievable save out of Marco Bizot. The Dutchman with a 76.2% save percentage in the top flight since post-World Cup. Up from 61 in the first half. Paris-Brest known as a wonderful pâtisserie. Marco Bizot might not have cleaned his hand after gobbling one down as he failed to cling on to Kylian Mbappé's long-range effort. Carlos Soler showing no mercy. We wink and a smile. One of the best performances since the Spaniard left Valencia for the French capital. He would be denied just before smashing in his third of the season. But it's first since November. That coming eight minutes before the break. And yet there was time for the Parisians to feel a shock. A wonderful ball to release. Franck Onorat, the match winner against Strasbourg. He had the Pirates back on level terms. Timothée Pembélé tucking in from right back in just his third start. And neither he nor Sergio Ramos could stop the former Le Verre man on a room up. Beaten all ends up. Three goals in his last five league outings. Onorat bringing Labret to life. Brest had lost the last 12 against the champions. The last time Les Pirates took a point off Paris was back in April 2011. PSG were not just searching their 3,000th goal in Ligue 1 Uber Eats history in the second half. But a positive conclusion to another painful week. Marco Bizot far more focused after his first half mistake. Denying Lionel Messi before and then Portuguese international Nuno Mendes. But just when Brest thought they'd done enough to earn a point. It was clinical from Paris. Messi to Mbappé. And what other outcome could there be? The clock clicking up to 90. And Mbappé equaling Edison Cavani's league record for Paris of 138 goals. Enough to snatch the points. Brest losing for the fourth time in five. As Paris Saint-Germain work through their continental demons by keeping on track to retain their league title.