PLAYER RATINGS | PSG 1-0 Brest: Désiré Doué strike all but wraps up league title for Parisians

The second half mostly followed the same pattern, prompting Luis Enrique to throw on his starting front three for the final half-hour. Senny Mayulu, who started the game at right-back, was inches away from opening the scoring with twenty minutes to go with a powerful shot that thundered off the bar and then the post.

It was Désiré Doué, making his 100th appearance for the Parisians, who eventually found a way through with ten minutes remaining. After a series of PSG shots were blocked by the Breton defence, the substitute picked up the ball on the edge of the box, fended off two defenders, and slotted the ball into the bottom-right corner.

PSG player ratings

Renato Marin, 7– The Italian goalkeeper turned in an impressive performance in what was only his third appearance of the campaign in all competitions. His highlight came on the half-hour mark when he rushed out of his goal to deny Dina Ebimbe at close quarters, although the flag eventually went up for offside.

Senny Mayulu, 6

Marquinhos, 5

Ilya Zabarnyi, 5

Lucas Hernandez, 5

Dro Fernández, 4

Lucas Beraldo, 6

Fabián Ruiz, 5

Kang-in Lee, 4

Gonçalo Ramos, 3– A recurring theme of the Portugal striker’s Paris Saint-Germain career has been his inability to make an impact on matches as a starter. Sunday’s match was no different, leading to his replacement on the hour mark by Ousmane Dembélé.

Bradley Barcola, 3– Another disappointing league display for the French international. The starkest and most immediate contrast between Sunday evening’s attack and the front three that start in the Champions League is in their commitment to pressing. Dembélé, Kvaratskhelia, and Doué would all make an instant impact in this department when they came on. The latter came on for Barcola to score the goal that will likely clinch the league title.

Selected Brest player ratings

Grégoire Coudert, 6

Raphaël Le Guen, 7 – An excellent performance from the 19-year-old centre-back, who managed to keep both Barcola and Ramos quiet by winning most of his one-on-one duels.

Romain Del Castillo, 4

Kamory Doumbia, 4

GFFN | Raphaël Jucobin – reporting from the Parc des Princes