Paris Saint-Germain overcame their injury crisis to beat Lens 3-1 following a bizarre
spell of three dismissals in six minutes on Friday.
Referee Nicolas Rainville produced three red cards in quick succession early in the
second half at the Stade de France, as the champions had Edinson Cavani sent off
just moments after he had scored a penalty while Lens saw Jean-Philippe Gbamin
and Jerome Lemoigne given their marching orders.
PSG coach Laurent Blanc was without a host of star names including David Luiz,
Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva for the Ligue 1 clash, and Adamo Coulibaly
opened the scoring after just 10 minutes following a swift Lens breakaway.
That put Lens boss Antoine Kombouare on top against his former club, but Yohan
Cabaye levelled just before the half-hour mark, before Maxwell's delightful lob -
which came after a poor piece of goalkeeping from Rudy Riou - put PSG in front.
Referee Rainville's decisions then proved the only second-half talking points.
Having awarded a soft spot-kick against Gbamin for a foul on Cavani, Rainville sent
the defender off before showing two yellow cards to PSG's Uruguayan striker for his
gun-firing celebration towards the crowd and then his reaction to his initial booking.
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