Paris St-Germain beats Angers 2-1

Kylian Mbappe scored the winner with an 86^th-minute penalty as France’s Ligue 1 leaders Paris St-Germain came from a goal down to beat Angers 2-1 yesterday.

Hosts, Paris St-Germain were awarded a penalty for handball four minutes from time after the referee checked the monitor at pitch-side.

Mbappe found the bottom corner to complete the comeback after Danilo Pereira’s header had put Paris St-Germain level at 1-1.

Against the run of play, Angelo Fulgini gave Angers the lead in the 36^th minute. He converted from Sofiane Boufal’s brilliant low cross.

Jimmy Cabot nicked the ball off Marco Verratti on the edge of the Angers penalty box as Angers broke on the counter-attack to score. 

Paris St-Germain failed to manage a shot on target in the first half, but drew level when Pereira’s header from Mbappe’s cross beat goalkeeper, Paul Bernardoni.

Victory sees Paris St-Germain move nine points clear at the top of French Ligue 1 and avoid back-to-back defeats after their 100% start was ended by Rennes before the international break.