Reims 0-0 Paris Saint-Germain: Ramos receives bizarre red card as Ligue 1 leaders held

With
Lionel
Messi
absent
through
injury
and
Neymar
starting
on
the
bench,
PSG
were
less
than
fluid
with
11
men,
struggling
to
make
inroads
against
their
stubborn
hosts.

Christophe
Galtier’s
men
were
forced
to
play
the
majority
of
the
match
with
10
after
Ramos’ moment
of
madness,
the
Spaniard
picking
up
two
bookings
in
quick
succession
shortly
before
the
break,
the
second
for
dissent.

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Neymar
then
came
off
the
bench
to
squander
PSG’s
best
chance
of
the
second
half,
as
the
perennial
Ligue
1
champions
failed
to
move
five
points
clear
of
Marseille
at
the
summit.

Visiting
goalkeeper
Yehvann
Diouf
made
a
strong
early
save
from
Fabian
Ruiz’s
curling
effort,
before
Dion
Lopy
sent
a
volley
over
the
crossbar
at
the
other
end.

PSG
struggled
for
attacking
inspiration
in
the
early
exchanges,
but
went
close
twice
in
quick
succession
after
33
minutes;
Nordi
Mukiele
blazing
over
after
Diouf
had
denied
Kylian
Mbappe
at
close
range.

The
Ligue
1
leaders
were
dealt
an
extraordinary
blow
10
minutes
later,
with
Ramos
being
sent
off
for
confronting
the
referee
less
than
a
minute
after
seeing
yellow
for
tripping
Marshall
Munetsi.

Gianluigi
Donnarumma
got
down
to
stop
Munetsi’s
goal-bound
effort
as
Reims
continued
to
press
after
the
break,
before
Neymar
side-footed
wide
of
the
near
post
from
Mbappe’s
well-timed
pass
following
his
introduction.

Vitinha
then
curled
over
as
Neymar’s
presence
energised
PSG,
but
Oscar
Garcia’s
strugglers
were
ultimately
good
value
for
a
result
that
lifts
them
back
out
of
the
relegation
zone.