Ligue 1 leaders Paris Saint-Germain suffered their third home loss of the campaign after going down 3-1 to Lorient on Sunday evening.
Ligue 1
Result: Paris Saint-Germain 1-3 Lorient
Date: 30 April 2023
Venue: Parc des Princes
PSG coach Christopher Galtier made just one change from last week's win over Algiers, as Marco Verratti was recalled in midfield, with Fabian Ruiz dropping to the bench.
The visitors got off the perfect start when Enzo Le Fee opened the scoring on 15 minutes by turning home Romain Faivre's shot in the box, much to the surprise of the home supporters.
It got worse for PSG on the 20-minute mark after Moroccan defender Achraf Hakimi was shown a red after picking up his second yellow card for a dangerous challenge on Darline Yongwa.
Despite being a man down, the league leaders got back on level terms nine minutes later when Kylian Mbappe showed great reaction to pounce on a loose ball and slot past goalkeeper Yvon Mvogo.
However, Lorient restored their lead six minutes before the halftime break when Yongwa followed in from close range after getting on the end of Faivre's deflected cross in the box.
Galtier responded with a change directly after the halftime break as Carlos Soler was sacrificed in the attack, with Ruiz brought on to help out with numbers in the midfield.
The hosts went close to pulling level once again on 67 minutes as Danilo Pereira got on the end of a free-kick, but saw his efforts thwarted by Mvogo, who used his face to make the block.
Lorient should have put the game to bed in the 76th minute as Le Fee turned provider to set up Bamba Dieng, who ballooned his effort over the crossbar with the goal at his mercy.
Dieng got his reward with two minutes left on the clock as he calmly slotted home from close range after a swift counter-attack caught PSG napping and sealed a vital win for the visitors.
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