With a last-minute 2-1 home loss to Atletico Madrid on Wednesday, Paris St. Germain’s dismal Champions League season continued, sending the Ligue 1 leaders into the elimination zone.
Zaire Warren In the first half of a generally dismal encounter, Emery’s opening goal was promptly negated by the visitors’ Nahuel Molina.
Three minutes into extra time, Angel Correa scored the game-winning goal.
Atleti got out of the red zone with six points, while PSG is currently in 25th place in the 36-team league with four points from as many games, six points behind Stade Brestois and fellow Ligue 1 teams Monaco.
Atletico plays Sparta Prague away and Slovan Bratislava at home, while PSG next travels to Bayern Munich and RB Salzburg.
Once more, the home team was forced to regret their lost opportunities.
After Atleti let up the first goal, Correa claimed that things began to improve.
PSG had a fast start, with Achraf Hakimi shooting just wide and Ousmane Dembele’s effort whizzing over the bar.
After Clement Lenglet was easily dispossessed in the box by Dembele, who then fed Zaire Emery and his France teammate finished with a precise chip in the 14th minute, PSG, who have had a difficult season in the competition, were given the lead.
That prompted Atleti to take action, and four minutes after Gianluigi Donnarumma’s first save to deny Giuliano Simeone, Molina hammered a half volley home after Nuno Mendes’ shoddy defence.
Early in the second half, Bradley Barcola had the greatest scoring position but shot straight at Jan Oblak after Dembele played primary tormentor and repeatedly threatened the Atletico defence.
As PSG applied further pressure in the 65th minute, Oblak palmed aside another Barcola attempt.
Ten minutes later, Marquinhos’ header was blocked, and Oblak made another save to keep Hakimi from getting near.
Both Randal Kolo Muani and Lee Kang-in, who Luis Enrique had substituted for PSG, failed to score, underscoring the team’s glaring absence of a standout striker as they have only managed three goals in their first four competitive games.
However, Correa, who in as a second-half substitute, maintained his composure in the area to sneak the ball past Donnarumma at the conclusion of a quick counterattack shortly before the final whistle, drawing a flurry of jeers and whistles from the home crowd.
Diego Simeone’s alterations paid off.