Two choice nuggets emerged from Paris Saint-Germain's 1-1 draw against PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League on Tuesday night at the Parc des Princes.
First, the diehards among the PSG faithful can go more than 90 minutes without descending into homophobic chanting à la Saturday night against Strasbourg.
And Kang-in Lee should only lead the front line when the players either side of him - Bradley Barcola and Ousmane Dembélé - convert the chances presented to them from his selfless running.
PSG boss Luis Enrique pushed the buzzy South Korean forward for the third game of the Champions League campaign.
And the ploy with the midfielder would have paid off handsomely had the France internationals been more composed when through on goal.
Barcola was the initial miscreant. Eleven minutes in, PSG's intricacy pierced the PSV rearguard and the 22-year-old zoomed in from the left wing.
But he failed to apply enough curve on his side-footed shot and the ball rolled just outside the left hand post of the PSV goalkeeper Walter Benitez.
Accuracy
Five minutes later, Lee was rather more old school. He belted his shot from just outside the penalty area forcing Benitez to parry the attempt away for a corner.
Then came the Dembélé horror double on the right. Nuno Mendes surged down the left and rather than feeding Barcola on the wing, the Portugal international put his foot on the ball and spotting Dembele's run, lofted a pass over the defenders for Demebélé to stab or slot past Benitez into the goal.
Dembélé opted to lash it over the bar.
After Barcola's second fluff, Dembélé, put through by Joao Neves' neat chested lay-off, fired high into the stands.
Thirty minutes in, for all PSG's territorial dominance, the hosts had nothing to show.
And four minutes later, PSG were behind. Neves tried to send a pass to Dembélé but PSV's Olivier Boscagli prodded the ball to Ismael Saibari who nudged it on to Noa Lang on the left.
The rangy winger ran at the PSG skipper Marquinhos, created space with a body swerve and shot past a bizarrely statuesque Gigi Donnarumma into the PSG goal.
A befuddled silence fell over the ground. And PSG, looked for a quick response before half-time.
They levelled just after the break. And it was somewhat prosaic.
From a corner on the left, the ball was moved through Mendes over to Fabian Ruiz in the centre who pushed it to Achraf Hakimi on the right. The Morocco international's shot should have offered Benitez a routine block but it went through his legs and into the net.
Parity
At parity, the fans found their voice. Wholesome it was too. But it was PSV who should have retaken the lead on the hour mark.
Luuk De Jong's header sent Guus Til through on goal. But with only Donnarumma to beat, he tried to slide in Lang to finish but Marquinhos intercepted.
"Football is fickle," deadpanned Enrique after the match. "And we could have lost that game, but that's how this sport works.
"It's hard to accept a result like that," the 54-year-old Spaniard added.
"We obviously had more chances than our opponents. We deserved to win the game, and it looks like we were better than PSV Eindhoven. We just couldn't get the decisive shot on target."
A frantic finale ensued after the video assistant referees denied PSG a penalty in stoppage time. PSG bombarded the PSV box. PSV defenders threw themselves at the ball and Mauro Junior hacked it off the goal line after Benitez blocked Marquinhos' header from a corner.
After the final whistle, PSG's players slumped to the turf. PSV's warriors roared at their resilience.
But the stalemate did neither side any favours.
With the top eight qualifying automatically for the last-16 knockout stages and the next 16 going into a draw for a two match play-off, PSV lie 27th in the 36 team division while PSG are 10 places above them in 17th.
"I'm worried, yes," admitted Enrique. "PSG are undoubtedly one of the teams who create the most chances. Luck has to be on your side when it comes to finishing.
"There's an air of pessimism because of the unfair results. But I'm calm. My team was much better than the opposition."
