Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint Germain left stunned at home after losing 1-0 to Olympique Marseille at Parc des Princes.<\/p>\n
Florian Thauvin scored the only goal of the game in the 31st minute, but it was not the highlight of the match.<\/p>\n
Referee Jerome Brisard had to deal with series of foul throughout the match, brandishing 4 yellow cards to PSG and 6 yellow cards to OM players.<\/p>\n
In the final minute during the six minute stoppage time, both team ended up in a brawl players threw punches and kicks at each other, forcing referee to make a decision.<\/p>\n
Brisard sent off Neymar, Laywin Kurzawa and Leandro Paredes from PSG while another two red cards for Dario Benedetto and Jordan Amavi of Marseille.<\/p>\n
Despite the feud, Marseille manager Andre Villas-Boas managed to celebrate their first league win against PSG since November 2011.<\/p>\n
\u201cA tough and important win as well as a historic one,\u201d Villas-Boas told reporters.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe struggled to cope with PSG\u2019s early pressure because they are very good at it, but we found a way to grind out a great victory. It wasn\u2019t pretty and we suffered.\u201d<\/p>\n
For PSG, it was their second successive defeat following a 1-0 loss on opening day at Lens.<\/p>\n
PSG sports director Leonardo, a former World Cup winner with Brazil, criticised the referee\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n
\u201cA total of 14 cards were brandished and five of them were red, which means the match got out of control,\u201d Leonardo told the Telefoot television channel.<\/p>\n
\u201c(Brisard) lost his head. He officiated the League Cup final but he doesn\u2019t have the experience for this kind of fixture.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"