Jonathan David grabbed a dramatic stoppage-time equaliser for Lille in a 1-1 draw with Ligue 1 leaders Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday, cancelling out Kylian Mbappe’s spot-kick.
PSG had appeared set to take all three factors again to the capital and open up a seven-point lead on the prime of the desk, nevertheless the 2021 champions confirmed grit to earn some extent and reclaim fourth place.
“We played a very complete game for 80 minutes and in the last 10 minutes we lost control a little,” stated PSG coach Luis Enrique.
In distinction, his reverse quantity, Paulo Fonseca, praised his facet’s spirit: “We played an even match, and at the end we played a very brave 15 minutes.”
Mbappe had emphatically given PSG the lead halfway by means of the second half, his sixteenth purpose of the season, however 4 minutes into further time David popped as much as snatch a last-gasp leveller.
Both sides performed out an intense opening half-hour, although neither was capable of work the opposition goalkeeper, with Ousmane Dembele and Edon Zhegrova dragging photographs large in promising positions.
Lille’s Lucas Chevalier then had his fingertips stung by a rasping Vitinha drive on 35 minutes, following good play from the pacy Dembele down the fitting.
The French attacker induced bother once more from the ensuing brief nook as his pushed cross was effectively cleared by Leny Yoro within the six-yard field with the purpose gaping earlier than him.
The sport stored its rhythm into the second half, however PSG had been provided a golden alternative to interrupt the impasse simply after the hour mark when Bafode Diakite lunged into the again of Lucas Hernandez contained in the Lille field.
Chevalier guessed proper, however France captain Mbappe’s shot had an excessive amount of tempo and precision for the stopper to get a hand to it and stop the Parisians taking the lead within the 66th minute.
An excellent probability fell Yusuf Yazici’s means however as he shot in loads of area following Zhegrova’s cut-back, Marquinhos obtained rapidly out to him and deflected a goal-bound effort out for a nook.
One minute from time, a free-kick close to the realm gave Lille an opportunity however Angel Gomes might solely discover the wall, earlier than seeing his follow-up effort charged down.
Hopes of a leveller then appeared all however useless till Adam Ounas’ shot was deflected on its means by means of to Arnau Tenas, who made a positive save along with his legs, however was left helpless on the ground as David gleefully headed house in what was practically the final motion of the match.
– Marseille proceed positive type –
Two objectives within the first half from Amir Murillo and Amine Harit secured a 2-1 win for resurgent Marseille earlier on Sunday, because the south coast facet proceed to climb the desk.
Gennaro Gattuso’s males appeared to have the factors sewn up in opposition to bottom-side Clermont, till a Jim Allevinah purpose halved the deficit however with over 40 minutes remaining they held out for his or her fourth successive league win.
“I’m very happy today. We played a great game in the first half, both tactically and technically,” stated the Italian coach.
“In the second half we suffered,” he added, explaining that his prices’ less-impressive efficiency after half-time was on account of Thursday’s away defeat to Brighton within the Europa League.
“We went to bed at 5:30 am (after the tie)… when you lose that much energy, especially after a hard blow like the one we suffered at Brighton, things like that can happen.”
Four minutes earlier than the half-hour mark, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang discovered Murillo within the field and the defender managed and rifled house a positive right-footed half-volley.
The house facet then doubled their lead within the forty second minute, when Aubameyang arrange Iliman Ndiaye and his shot was saved however fell to Harit who completed unerringly.
Allevinah nodded in from a nook to offer Clermont a glimmer of hope on 58 minutes, nevertheless the purpose proved solely to be a comfort because the hosts noticed out the match comfortably to leap to sixth.
Earlier, Toulouse went some extent above Lyon, who sit within the relegation play-off spot, with a goalless house draw in opposition to Rennes, whereas fifth-placed Brest received 2-0 at Nantes.
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