Paris Saint-Germain won in style, 4-1 over Sochaux thanks to goals from Jérémy Clément, Clément Chantôme, Mevlut Erding and Peguy Luyindula.
In the 82nd of the match, the prodigal son quit the Stade Bonal pitch to a standing ovation from the public. Despite a goal just moments earlier, the Sochaux faithful weren’t holding any grudges against Mevlut Erding, the club youth product and top scorer for the past two seasons before leaving over the summer to join PSG. It was a near-perfect evening for Erding who scored the goal that finally killed off Sochaux’s ambitions of a comeback and sealed Paris’ first win in over two months.
While the final score pleaded amply in PSG’s favour, the two sides traded blows in a flurry of opening exchanges. Mikari twice tried to catch out Grégory Coupet in the PSG goal (7’, 16’), while Stéphane Sessegnon (12’) and Sammy Traoré (31’) responded in kind. The game turned ten minutes before half-time when the referee awarded a penalty for a foul in the box by Richert on Luyindula. The Sochaux picked himself up to save Erding’s initial spot kick and the follow up from Christophe Jallet before finally succumbing to Clément’s near-range finish (0-1, 35’). The Parisians began the second half in similar fashion with Chantôme, set through on goal by Jallet, doubling the visitor’s advantage with a wonderful chip over Richert (0-2, 55’). The home side was groggy and was being overrun by a rampant PSG. Jallet laid on another with a good ball to the near-post, turned up by Erding (0-3, 75’). Francis Gillot’s did, however, manage a consolation goal thanks to former PSG man Dalmat’s crisp shot from 25 metres out (1-3, 87’).
But the Parisians, clearly incensed by conceding another late goal responded within a minute via Luyindula. The forward raced clear to beat Richert for a fourth time (1-4, 87’). The final minutes were long for Sochaux who saw their run of three consecutive wins come to a shuddering halt at the hands of PSG. The win sees PSG put an end to their own fun of five Ligue 1 matches without a win and climb back into the top half of the table ahead of next weekend’s match against Nice at the Parc des Princes.
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| 8 | Lorient | 18 | 4 | |
| 9 | Nancy | 17 | 1 | |
| 10 | Paris Saint-Germain | 16 | 6 | |
| 11 | Rennes | 16 | 6 | |
| 12 | Toulouse | 15 | 3 | |
