PSG were far from their best, but they did enough to avoid their worst start to a domestic campaign since 2007-08. Having failed to win any of their opening four league outings, Ferran's goal marked lift-off for the reigning champions, securing all three points and ending their hosts' unbeaten start to the season.

So far, Luis Enrique's side have produced domestic displays in Ligue 1 that pale in comparison to their European exploits. Their Champions League opener, after all, was emphatic—a commanding 6-1 rout of Slovan Bratislava. That imperious showing stood in stark contrast to the domestic front, where Parisian dominance typically turns fixtures into routine affairs.

Still searching for their first league victory, the capital club travelled to face Stade Brestois, an opponent that had started the campaign with surprising composure and without a single defeat.

Taking an early lead appeared to herald another comfortable afternoon for Luis Enrique's men, who capitalised on the sparkling form of Ferran Torres to pave the way to victory.

Just five minutes in, the Stade Francis-Le Blé witnessed a superb team move following a turnover in the opposition half. Dembélé produced a clever backheel into the path of Ferran, who drilled a low finish into the bottom corner from the edge of the area to open the scoring.

The goal and another golden opening fashioned by Kvaratskhelia gave the impression that a landslide victory was looming. But that was as good as it got for the visitors. Gradually, PSG took their foot off the gas and allowed the hosts to grow into the contest.

In the 15th minute, Pathé Mboup squandered a promising opportunity, and shortly after, Ludovic Ajorque also fired off target. 'Kvara' and Ferran remained PSG's primary outlets, but the visitors suffered a blow on 37 minutes when an injury to Achraf severely blunted their right flank.

The pressure from the 'Pirates' mounted considerably after the restart. Kamory Doumbia struck the woodwork, and moments later, Ajorque sent a powerful header towards goal that forced a brilliant reflex save from Matvey Safonov.

Visibly frustrated on the touchline, Luis Enrique rotated his star names, taking off both Kvaratskhelia and Dembélé shortly after the hour mark. The alterations, particularly the introduction of Doué, injected fresh impetus into PSG, who took full advantage of Julien Lachuer's side running out of steam in the closing stages.

Unable to kill off the tie, PSG kept Brest alive right until the death. Safonov prevented a late equaliser two minutes from time, somehow turning a dangerous back-post strike from Pathé Mboup behind for a corner.

PSG finished the match pinned back and heavily indebted to Safonov's crucial interventions, but they got the job done to secure their first league win of the campaign.

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