PSG settle for draw after four-goal rally against Amiens

French champions Paris Saint-Germain were held to a pulsating 4-4 Ligue 1 draw at struggling Amiens after erasing a three-goal deficit only to concede a stoppage time equaliser on Saturday.

The result left leaders PSG 13 points clear of second-placed Marseille after manager Thomas Tuchel rested several regular starters ahead of Tuesday's Champions League last 16 first leg against Borussia Dortmund.

The makeshift lineup, with midfielder Ander Herrera playing in an unfamiliar right-back role, looked all at sea in the opening half as goals from Serhou Guirassy, Gael Kakuta and Fousseni Diabate gave 19th-placed Amiens a 3-0 lead.

Guirassy fired Amiens ahead with a crisp fifth-minute finish and Kakuta made it 2-0 with a rasping shot from 18 metres.

A huge shock seemed to be on the cards when Diabate capped a jinking run through the middle with a low shot that went in off the post, but Herrera pulled one back on the stroke of half-time when he steered in a Julian Draxler corner.

The goal turned the match on its head as a pair of headers by centre-back Tanguy Kouassi leveled the score inside the opening 20 minutes of the second half.

Amiens were again undone by set pieces as Draxler swung in another corner for Kouassi to rise above his marker and head home. Five minutes later, Kouassi met Angel Di Maria's cross at the far post to silence the home fans.

With Amiens on the back foot, it was no surprise that PSG grabbed a 4-3 lead in the 74th minute as Mauro Icardi popped up at the far post and tapped in a fine low cross by Juan Bernat.

But the visitors then missed several gilt-edged chances, with Edinson Cavani, who was looking for his 200th goal for PSG in all competitions, particularly guilty of poor finishing.

His astonishing miss in the dying minutes was punished moments later at the other end as Guirassy leveled with a fine finish from inside the penalty area after he was put through by substitute Quentin Cornette.