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Bastia stun PSG in thrilling comeback

PARIS: Paris Saint Germain gave up a two-goal lead as Bastia stormed back to win 4-2 in Corsica on Saturday as the defending champions spurned the chance to go top of Ligue 1.Instead the shock loss left Paris in fourth place after Saint Etienne extended their unbeaten league run to

By our correspondents
January 12, 2015
PARIS: Paris Saint Germain gave up a two-goal lead as Bastia stormed back to win 4-2 in Corsica on Saturday as the defending champions spurned the chance to go top of Ligue 1.
Instead the shock loss left Paris in fourth place after Saint Etienne extended their unbeaten league run to 10 games, beating Reims 2-1 to climb up to third.
PSG had looked to be in total control after goals in the 10th minute from Lucas, a lovely lob, and in the 20th when the 19-year-old Tottenham-linked midfielder Adrien Rabiot pounced on the loose ball and fired it with his left foot into the bottom corner.
Ryad Boudebouz pulled one back from the spot for Bastia on the half-hour after Gregory Van der Wiel was harshly judged to have handled.
And just on the stroke of half-time David Luiz was caught napping as Francois Modesto headed home a corner.
Bastia took the lead with a thunderbolt in every sense of the word, as defender Julien Palmieri latched on to a poorly cleared corner in the 56th minute and unleashed a jaw-dropping half-volley.
The pulsating finale ended when Palmieri himself ran clear of the defence to make it 4-2 in the 89th minute for a fully deserved win that ended eight straight