Ligue 1: PSG suffer first season defeat in 1-0 Marseille loss

An aboriginal extremity by defender Nayef Aguerd gave Marseille a 1-0 triumph implicit reigning champions Paris Saint-Germain connected Monday, a uncommon occurrence against their large rivals successful a crippled delayed by 24 hours by storms successful confederate France.

Moroccan defender Aguerd, signed conscionable earlier the caller transportation deadline from West Ham United, scored his 2nd extremity successful arsenic galore Ligue 1 appearances for his caller nine with 5 minutes gone astatine the Velodrome.

PSG goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier came for a deflected Mason Greenwood transverse but got thing connected the ball, allowing Aguerd to caput into the unguarded nett and people the lone extremity of the game.

The fixture, the biggest successful French football, was scheduled to spell up connected Sunday but was called disconnected due to the fact that section authorities feared forecast dense rainfall would beryllium a important hazard for some players and spectators.

With small abstraction successful a packed calendar and some clubs progressive successful the Champions League, the lucifer was enactment backmost conscionable a day.

Marseille’s players observe aft winning the French L1 shot lucifer betwixt Olympique de Marseille (OM) and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) astatine the Velodrome stadium successful Marseille connected September 22, 2025. (Photo by Christophe Simon / AFP)

That proved awkward for PSG arsenic it meant a clash with the Ballon d’Or awards ceremonial successful Paris, astatine which a big of their squad were nominated for the men’s subordinate of the twelvemonth prize.

Among them was Ousmane Dembele, the apical scorer for the Champions League winners past play who was capable to be the ceremonial having been ruled retired of the Marseille clash owed to injury.

PSG manager Luis Enrique could person done with Dembele successful the game, arsenic good arsenic his chap wounded absentees Desire Doue and Joao Neves.

Achraf Hakimi was pushed guardant from his accustomed right-back presumption to the wing, but it was inactive a beardown Paris team.

Nevertheless, Marseille held onto the pb pursuing the aboriginal extremity to assertion a archetypal location league triumph against PSG since November 2011.

Aguerd’s extremity was the archetypal clip they had adjacent recovered the nett astatine location to PSG successful Ligue 1 since 2017. Amine Gouiri deed the barroom soon aft arsenic Marseille sought to adhd to their advantage.

The location broadside besides had a extremity disallowed for offside successful the archetypal half, earlier goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli made a mates of cardinal saves to contradict the visitors aft the break.

Marseille saw the crippled out, though not earlier fiery manager Roberto De Zerbi was shown a precocious reddish paper connected the touchline.

It is simply a archetypal nonaccomplishment of the play for PSG, who had won their archetypal 4 matches successful Ligue 1. They autumn disconnected the apical of the table, down Monaco connected goals scored.

Both teams person 12 points, arsenic bash Lyon and Strasbourg who implicit the apical four.

Marseille are up to sixth, 3 points adrift of the starring quartet.

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