Substitute Jimmy Durmaz then doubled the home side’s lead, pouncing on a poor pass from Thiago Motta to coolly slot the ball into the back of the net with 11 minutes to play.
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Thiago Silva admits he is anxious by Paris Saint-Germain’s form following their 2-0 loss to Toulouse on Friday.
Aurier, who had already been booked, was cautioned a second time for a foul on Ola Toivonen in the area and Bodiger sent Alphonse Areola the wrong way from the spot to open the scoring.
Unai Emery’s side are having a awful start to the season having racked up 13 points in seven games.
“But with the mistakes we have made, the match was over”.
Yann Bodiger duly put Pascal Dupraz’s side ahead from the resulting penalty, though Toulouse had their young goalkeeper Alban Lafont to thank after he pulled off a string of excellent stops to deny Edinson Cavani in the first half.
Emery’s side travelled to south-western France fresh from two wins in a week in which they had scored nine goals and conceded none to seemingly kickstart their campaign.
“I am very happy and I think it shows on the field”.
Despite leading PSG to back-to-back domestic trebles, Blanc was sacked after PSG again failed to get past the quarterfinals of the Champions League last season. “But it’s a long season and we will see what happens in the future”. The red card and the penalty contributed greatly to that. “It’s hard to talk with them, but that’s not an excuse”.
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PSG, meantime, have only won two of their last five matches in all competitions as the squad continues its struggle to adapt to the more physically demanding tactical system that coach, Unai Emery, is attempting to implement.
