French champions Paris Saint-Germain on Friday won 4-1 against Le Havre AC, capitalizing on a late collapse by the hosts to get their Ligue 1 season off to an excellent start.
PSG opened the scoring after three minutes when Goncalo Ramos found Lee Kang-in inside the box and he sent a left-footed shot into the net.
However, the visitors’ joy was short-lived as Ramos was hurt in a challenge and the Portuguese international had to be replaced by Randal Kolo Muani.
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The hosts shocked PSG after the break as Gautier Lloris equalized three minutes in.
However, five minutes before the end of the game, the Le Havre defense went missing.
Ousmane Dembele headed home five minutes from time, Bradley Barcola added a third and Kolo Muani completed the rout from the penalty spot.
PSG coach Luis Enrique was pleased with his team’s performance.
“It wasn’t easy at all,” Enrique told reporters. “Maybe we started too calmly. We scored a goal very quickly and that relaxed us a bit too much.”
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