United States international Giovanni Reyna scored in Strasbourg’s 3-1 Ligue 1 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain on Saturday.
Ousmane Dembélé inspired a PSG comeback after coming off the bench to score and contribute an assist.
It was an overhauled line-up for Luis Enrique, who initially rested most of his regular starters with the game falling in between Wednesday’s brilliant win at Manchester City and Tuesday’s Champions League meeting with Barcelona.
Reyna’s 17th-minute opener remained the only goal after Dembélé missed with a 72nd-minute penalty.
He made up for it first by teeing up Illia Zabarnyi‘s equaliser, then firing PSG in front for the first time with five minutes remaining before Désiré Doué added a stoppage-time third.
None of Achraf Hakimi, Nuno Mendes, Willian Pacho, Fabián Ruiz, Vitinha, Dembélé or Doué started, though most were later introduced as second-half substitutes.
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The hosts took the lead with one of their earliest opportunities. Genesis Antwi won the ball and found Gessime Yassine, who slipped a pass to Reyna.
The USMNT attacker, who was sandwiched between two white shirts, unleashed an effort that appeared to take a slight deflection before crossing the line.
Matvei Safonov was able to prevent Strasbourg from quickly doubling their lead when he saved an Oso effort seven minutes later.
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Lucas Beraldo fired wide for PSG on the half hour, and Strasbourg goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen was called into action to deny Dro Fernández with nine minutes remaining in the first half.
Pape Diop then directed an effort towards Safonov but it was too weak to truly trouble the PSG keeper, who made a straightforward save to prevent any further damage before the break.
There was a shot to open the second half from Conrad Harder, who tried again with a header three minutes later, saved by Safonov.
Enrique reinforced his side, introducing Vitinha, Doué, Mendes, Hakimi and Dembélé by the 65th minute, but the threat continued to come from Strasbourg as Gessime Yassine, Harder, Soumaila Coulibaly and Jeyland Mitchell called Safonov back into action.
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Dembélé then squandered a golden chance to draw the sides level after Diop was charged with a handball, stepping up to take the resulting penalty only to send it wide.
He somewhat made up for the mistake when, five minutes later, he delivered the perfect cross and Zabarnyi applied the finish from point-blank range.
Redemption was complete after the hosts failed to nod away a cross, and the ball fell favourably for the Ballon d’Or winner, who wove his way through a crowd before firing PSG in front.
Doué then added a stoppage time cushion, tucking in the visitors’ third from an incisive Torres pass.
