PSG Secures Win with Ferran Torres' Early Goal
Paris Saint-Germain finally found some breathing space at home, and it took Ferran Torres just five minutes to ease the tension.
A slick one-touch move sliced Brest open, Joao Neves and Ousmane Dembele exchanging passes at speed before Torres arrived, calm and ruthless. One touch, low and precise, beyond the goalkeeper. PSG’s early anxiety evaporated with the ball in the net.
Six goals in his first five games for the club. Torres has walked into Paris and started finishing like he owns the place.
On the touchline, Luis Enrique saw exactly what he wanted in that moment, if not for the full 90. He highlighted the understanding between his new attacking axis, saying he “really liked the connection between Ferran Torres and Ousmane Dembele.” The combinations were sharp, the movement intelligent, the threat constant whenever they linked up.
But he did not pretend it was perfect. The win mattered, yet the performance still left him demanding more authority from his side. “We got the three points so we’re happy, but we still need to improve,” he warned, pointing to the spells without the ball when Brest grew bold and PSG looked exposed. The message was clear: this team cannot drift through games and expect talent alone to carry them.
Dembele, though, is clearly relishing this new partnership. After the match he spoke with the quiet conviction of someone who knows exactly what Torres brings.
“I played with him for a year and a half at Barcelona,” he said. “He’s a fantastic player and a brilliant number nine. He’s always right there whenever you need him.”
The evidence is piling up quickly in Paris.
Dembele also opened a small window into his own journey. No mythology, no self-anointed destiny. “Like I said before, I was never ‘the chosen one’,” he reflected. He talked about years of graft, about last season feeling like a reward, and about facing this one with a calm edge: “This year? We’ll see, I’m relaxed. I’ve always been at the back of the class, working hard. Throughout my entire career, I never said a word. I just worked.” In a squad full of stars, it sounded like a personal manifesto.
Not everything went PSG’s way. On 38 minutes, Achraf Hakimi pulled up with a muscle problem and had to come off, Fabian Ruiz sent on in his place. The change disrupted the rhythm and offered Brest a route back into the contest.
They took it. After the break, Brest pushed hard and the game tilted towards PSG’s goal. Kamory Doumbia rattled the post, a warning that Paris were losing control of the midfield. Later, Doumbia rose to meet a cross with a thumping header, only to be denied by Matvey Safonov, who flung himself across goal to keep the lead intact.
The pressure did not let up. PSG thought they had killed the game when Bradley Locko turned the ball into his own net, only for the referee to rule it out for a foul by Warren Zaire-Emery in the build-up. One moment of relief, instantly snatched away. The tension inside the stadium spiked again.
So it came down to the final minutes and a goalkeeper refusing to blink. In the 88th minute, Pathe Mboup broke through, the chance Brest had been chasing all half. Safonov stood tall, read it, and made the decisive save that sealed the points.
Torres’ goals, Dembele’s graft, Enrique’s demands, Safonov’s late heroics. PSG have their win, and a strike partnership starting to catch fire. The question now is whether this is the night they stop merely surviving tight games and start imposing themselves the way champions should.
