PSG turned it 3–1 at Strasbourg on Saturday, matchday 7 of Ligue 1, at the Stade de la Meinau. Giovanni Reyna opened in the 17th. Illia Zabarnyi equalised in the 77th, from Ousmane Dembélé’s cross. Dembélé scored in the 85th. Désiré Doué finished in the 90+3rd, from Ferran Torres. The score is confirmed by franceinfo, SoFoot and BBC Sport. It is not a Dembélé brace of two goals; it is an assist and a goal, after a missed penalty.

Luis Enrique rotated. The heavy starters came off the bench. franceinfo: by the 64th minute he had made all five changes — Doué, Vitinha, Nuno Mendes, Achraf Hakimi, Dembélé. The “bomb squad”. Dembélé replaced Khvicha Kvaratskhelia on the hour. The 72nd-minute penalty, a handball by Pape Demba Diop, Dembélé put wide. A third missed penalty in three matches, three different takers, Le Dauphiné writes.

Nuno Mendes went off injured. SoFoot says PSG played a spell with ten, then almost nine, after Jeyland Mitchell’s tackle on Maghnes Akliouche. Racing overcommitted. A long free-kick, Dembélé alone in the box, a relay with Torres, Doué closed it. PSG, 14 points from 7 games, go provisionally level with Monaco (a game fewer, 6 matches, also 14 points — BBC). Lille, Rennes, Lyon, Paris FC have not played this weekend yet.

Dembélé is the Ballon d’Or holder. He missed, then crossed, then scored, then set up the third. Tuesday, Barcelona, Champions League, Parc des Princes. Saturday was Ligue 1, not the European final. Luis Enrique can rotate. He can also pull the side out of the sand when they have been behind for a fourth time in seven rounds, franceinfo says.

Le Monde, the ledger track, is truncated and behind a wall. We opened the Meinau match reports on franceinfo and SoFoot. The fact there is the same: PSG, turned around, Dembélé, top of the table, for now.

Strasbourg sit on 7 points from 7. Paris have six wins in a row in all competitions, BBC writes. That is the run. It is not the title.

Image: Detlef Johnssen, Stade de la Meinau, Racing Club de Strasbourg, a Ligue 2 promotion match, 19 May 2017, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. An archive game at the same ground, not 17 October 2026 versus PSG.

Sources consulted: À nouveau sauvé par ses remplaçants, le PSG renverse Strasbourg — franceinfo; Le PSG renverse Strasbourg et revient à hauteur de Monaco — SoFoot.