PSG lost for the first time this season and the lead over Lens is getting thinner

After returning to club football after the World Cup, PSG are still struggling a bit. In the first match, the Parisians won with their ears scratched off in the last minute, then came the defeat on the ground of Lens.

In the first game after the break, PSG welcomed Strasbourg and it was not an ideal match for the home team. They went ahead quite quickly thanks to Marquinhos, but then the Brazilian also scored a own goal, plus Neymar saw two yellows in two minutes and got himself sent off.

It was only in the 95th minute that Kylian Mbappé decided the match from a penalty. But the 23-year-old Frenchman didn’t manage much in the next game without his star teammates. Lionel Messi is still on holiday after the World Cup, Neymar was suspended.

PSG travelled to the ground of second-placed Lens, which is absolutely sovereign at home and won all 8 matches. And that they are not afraid of the champion was shown in the fifth minute, when Przemyslaw Frankowski opened the scoring.

Three minutes later Hugo Ekitike replied and the score was 1:1. However, Lens continued to put in a decent performance, and in the 28th minute Fofana beautifully found Openda with a pass across half the field to send Lens back in front.

Just after the change of sides, Lens added a third goal. The home side’s honest pressing won the ball at the opponent’s penalty area and then Openda’s beautiful cross found Alexis Claude-Maurice, who headed accurately and it was 3-1. Lens won their ninth home game.

PSG, on the other hand, lost for the first time this season across all competitions. A strong autumn run in Ligue 1 meant 14 wins and 2 draws, but it wasn’t until the match against Lens that they lost for the first time.

However, it is Racing Club who are now breathing down PSG’s neck as they are only 4 points behind. Can the yellow and red club beat the Parisians in the title fight?

Source: Ligue 1