Tops
Di Maria the inspirer
PSG can greatly thank him for having created so many chances.
Because
the left paw of the Argentine has served well
to allow the club of the capital to obtain situations against a well-grouped Metz defense.
Fairly mobile across the width of the field, he was more leggy than against OM three days earlier and increased the number of caviar for his partners.
If he stumbled twice against Oukidja, he is at the origin of the Parisian goal by sending a dangerous center that the Metz goalkeeper could only repel on Draxler, opportunistic scorer of the head.
Oukidja was well delayed by the deadline.
Great performance of the Metz goalkeeper at the Parc des Princes.
A gala Alexandre Oukidja who in turn baffled many Parisians for a long time.
Author of decisive parades against Di Maria (8th, 79th), Draxler (39th) and Icardi (77th), he proved helpless in the face of this same Draxler in the last moments.
But he will have had the merit of delaying the deadline.
Boye's strength
The Metz central defender was impressive.
Solid in the duels, he did not let himself be taken up speed, signing in particular an incredible return on a ball deep to Sarabia.
Perfectly commanding his defense, he was an effective leader even if he missed a few minutes in Metz to clinch the draw.
Flops
Paris, a success that does not erase everything
This first success of the season in Ligue 1 of PSG can not erase everything.
If Tuchel's men
won this match remarkably nine against eleven
(expulsion of Diallo, injury of Bernat), they delivered a generally sluggish performance.
Dominating in the first half, they were at first clumsy, before stammering their football after the break.
Outnumbered, they will have had just the merit of not giving up.
Abdou Diallo, a match to forget
Back as a starter for the first time since last January, Abdou Diallo inevitably seemed to lack competition against Metz.
Warned from the 1st minute of play, the defender was regularly overtaken by the Metz attackers and was not at the party to manage the duels.
It is not surprising to have seen him collect a second yellow in the middle of the second half, synonymous with expulsion.
Sarabia, the bad patch
Since the return of confinement, Pablo Sarabia is no longer the same.
So efficient when called upon last season, the Spaniard has encountered difficulties in influencing the debates since July.
Established in a fairly free position around Icardi, he did not know how to be useful and seemed quite clumsy in all his initiatives.
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