Paris Saint-Germain are two factors clear on the high of Ligue 1 already after coming by their greatest take a look at of the season to date on Sunday, profitable 3-1 away to fellow Champions League contenders Lille. Vitinha put PSG forward on a stiflingly scorching night time in northern France with a penalty and Bradley Barcola doubled their lead. Edon Zhegrova pulled one again within the second half to provide the house facet hope on the Stade Pierre-Mauroy, however Randal Kolo Muani’s stoppage-time header wrapped up the win for the defending French champions.
Luis Enrique’s facet look like coping simply high-quality because the departure of their all-time main scorer Kylian Mbappe, with PSG having received all three video games to date this season, scoring 13 targets within the course of.
They head into the September worldwide break with a two-point lead on the high of the desk from Marseille, Nantes, Monaco and Lens, and on this manner it’s going to take one thing particular to knock them off the summit.
PSG’s Spanish coach stated his group’s begin to the marketing campaign had been “magnificent”.
“This was an away sport, with all the issue that comes with that, in opposition to a group who’ve certified for the Champions League and performed extra matches than us,” he identified.
“Obviously there are issues we have to enhance however this was a great take a look at.”
Champions League stage
Meanwhile, Lille coach Bruno Genesio was left to remorse the choice to disclaim his facet a late equaliser, when Tiago Santos scored however the objective was disallowed by VAR for an especially tight offside.
“It was fairly a balanced sport earlier than the penalty. But these are Champions League video games, the actual high stage, and you really want to keep away from making errors and be much more medical,” stated Genesio.
Lille could possibly be forgiven for feeling the consequences of their Champions League play-off second leg away to Slavia Prague in midweek, after they weathered a storm to make the league part of Europe’s elite membership competitors.
Despite that they nearly went forward when Bafode Diakite struck the put up from a Zhegrova cutback within the first half, however PSG then received a penalty simply after the half-hour mark when Ousmane Dembele was fouled within the space.
Vitinha rolled within the spot-kick, and Barcola then exchanged passes with Marco Asensio to run by and make it 2-0 on 36 minutes together with his fourth objective of the season already.
Lille pushed after the break and got hope when Zhegrova drilled in low from outdoors the field 12 minutes from the tip.
They then thought they’d drawn stage when Santos netted, just for the offside flag to chop brief the celebrations.
Kolo Muani made certain of PSG’s win in stoppage time when he headed house from a cross by latest signing Desire Doue.
PSG will start their Champions League marketing campaign in mid-September at house to Girona and also will tackle Arsenal and Manchester City, amongst others, within the league part.
Lille, in the meantime, can sit up for internet hosting Mbappe’s Real Madrid and Juventus within the coming weeks, though first they may go to Lisbon to play Sporting.
Marseille received 3-1 at Toulouse on Saturday with Mason Greenwood netting twice, whereas Nantes beat Montpellier by the identical rating away from house.
Monaco and Lens drew 1-1 on Sunday as Przemyslaw Frankowski netted a stoppage-time penalty to safe some extent for the guests within the principality.
Denis Zakaria had headed Monaco in entrance late on, however he dealt with within the field to permit Lens to go away with a draw.
Monaco shall be within the Champions League after ending final season as runners-up in Ligue 1, and the principality facet will start their marketing campaign at house to Barcelona on September 19.
Elsewhere on Sunday, Nice claimed their first win of the season as Evann Guessand scored twice in a 4-1 victory at Angers, who’ve misplaced all three matches since returning to the highest flight.
Le Havre got here from behind to beat Auxerre 3-1 in Normandy, whereas Japan’s Junya Ito and Ivory Coast ahead Oumar Diakite discovered the web as Reims recovered from the lack of an early objective to defeat Rennes 2-1.
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