Relegated Ajaccio managed only their second away win of the season - and just their seventh in total - in an entertaining spectacle against Coupe de France holders Paris St Germain.

Goals from Mario Yepes and Pedro Pauleta had raised PSG hopes of a victory after they had conceded the lead to their opponents with Kamel Chafni's strike.

But Djamel Abnoun pulled the visitors level before Chafni and a late Mathieu Scarpelli effort earned Ajaccio a consolatory three points in what has been a difficult campaign for the Corsicans.

PSG made a promising start to the game with Bonaventure Kalou denied by a good save from Ajaccio goalkeeper Stephane Trevisan.

The hosts were then left further frustrated when a drive from Pauleta came back off the post.

And it proved costly as Ajaccio promptly went down the other end and scored, Romain Rocchi's 19th-minute corner causing panic in the PSG defence and allowing Chafni a simple tap-in.

Another agile stop from Trevisan thwarted Pauleta's attempts at an equaliser but there was little the custodian could do when the first PSG goal finally arrived on the half-hour mark.

A free-kick from Jerome Rothen was struck goalwards by Yepes,

taking a deflection off Ajaccio defender Xavier Collin and wrong-footing Trevisan.

PSG then took the lead for the first time after 53 minutes when Edouard Cisse split the Ajaccio back-line with a pass which which was slammed home by Pauleta.

But the celebrations were short-lived with the visitors back on level terms just six minutes later thanks to Abnoun's first goal for the club.

Just two minutes after that the PSG defence was breached again when a long ball forward was headed on by Rocchi and finished by Chafni.

Guy Lacombe's men battled hard for a point but their drives forward left holes at the back.

And they were made to pay with a minute left when a quick counter-attack allowed Scarpelli to fire home Rocchi's neat cross.