Lens – PSG | Ligue 1: Mbappe condemns the victory of PSG, who were left alone in Ligue 1
Paris Saint-Germain set “cruising speed”. At least in France. Victory over Lens (0-2)along with Nice’s defeat to Rennes (2–0), puts Luis Enrique’s side eight points ahead at the top of Ligue 1.
PSG, without Achraf, Kang In Lee, Nuno Mendes and Skriniaramong others, won one of the hottest and most difficult tracks in the “Championship”, Bollar-Delelis, and They are now 13 games unbeaten in the League with 11 wins and two draws. It’s impossible to stop him at home. They haven’t lost in almost a year, since they lost 1:3 to Monaco on February 11, 2023.
The game, however, almost went downhill for him. After a couple of clashes with Kylian Mbappe Lens earned a penalty in the 5th minute. Danilo Pereira shot down Elye Vahi in the area, but Prezemislav Frankovsky missed from 11 meters.. Quicker. His shot to the center was stopped by Donnarumma.
Paris Saint-Germain dominated but every meeting with Ligue 1 runners-up Lens posed danger. Vahi again sent Donnarumma sprawling with a shot into the top corner from outside the area in the 22nd minute.
It is curious that it was PSG who scored 0:1 on a counterattack in the 30th minute. Danilo Pereira stole, Mbappe drove the car and Bradley Barcola beat Bryce Bamba with a subtle touch to score his second goal of the season.
Luis Enrique’s team played their best minutes with a tailwind. Kevin Danso interrupted the pass after the death of Ousmane Dembele when Mbappe I already had the post ready to score (36′) and Carlos Soler, almost no angle forced Samba to deflect for a corner after another pass, Dembele saved the ball (40 minutes). The former Valencia man, who moved freely into midfield from his original right-back position, had a good game.
Jonathan Gradit’s sending off in the 45th minute for knocking down Barcola seemed like a death sentence. but Lens rebelled against adversity. He held his own well, scoring 10 points in the second half.
He took advantage, it must be said, of PSG’s favor. Fabian Ruiz, who replaced Soler, forgave two very obvious moments. In the 72nd minute, he received a shot from Warren Zaire-Emery and fired wide after cutting through Yoanner Chavez. It was worse at 78′. He received the ball from Mbappe and ended up losing three to one.
Lens wanted to “die killing.” Donnarumma parried Ayanda Sishuba’s shot into the corner in the 88th minute, and in a counterattack the score again became 0:2. Dembele found Mbappe in space and Kylian crossed for his 19th Ligue 1 goal.. He is an outstanding goalscorer, scoring 10 more goals than Wissam bin Yedder.
PSG also “runs away” from the table. It’s mid-January and Ligue 1 seems ready to make a decision.