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Summary PSG survive horror start to move join top of French league with a 4-3 win at Valenciennes.
Paris St Germain recovered from a disastrous start to move level with Montpellier on points at the top of Ligue 1 with a dramatic 4-3 victory at Valenciennes.PSG were 2-0 down after 11 minutes but goals by Nene, Maxwell, Blaise Matuidi and Jeremy Menez lifted them to 73 points with two games left and they lead Montpellier, who play their game in hand against Stade Rennes, on goal difference.At Valenciennes, the PSG defence cracked twice in the opening 11 minutes but Carlo Ancelottis side were brilliant up front and eventually sealed a much-waited win.Valenciennes went ahead on eight minutes when Vincent Aboubakar netted with a deflected crossed shot. Three minutes later, Salvatore Sirigu failed to block Abaoubakars low shot and Remi Gomis poked the ball home to make it 2-0.It took PSG only three minutes to hit back as Nene collected a fine chip from Jeremy Menez in the area to fire past Nicolas Penneteau. Nene set up Maxwell with a through pass five minutes from the interval for his fellow Brazilian to beat Penneteau with a low, angled shot.PSG went 3-2 up on the stroke of halftime when Matuidi latched on to Javier Pastores defence-splitting pass. Menez wrapped up victory shortly before the hour by curling a low shot into the net after being set up by Nene.Renaud Cohade pulled one back for Valenciennes with a direct free kick on 85 minutes.
