Paris stopped, Angers on the wire, Monaco in verve
On the occasion of this 9th day, Angers winner in extremis of Metz (3-2), temporarily climbed to fourth place and Monaco signed a third consecutive success by dominating Bordeaux 3-0 to Louis-II.
Olympique de Marseille (5th), orphan of its former president Bernard Tapie, who died on Sunday, goes to Lille at 5:00 p.m.
PSG mute and manhandled
A goal just before the break, another just after. Dominators but incapable of the season in Paris in the first period, the were punished by the sixth but of the Gaëtan Laborde, best director of the championship. The former Montpellier has beaten Nuno Mendes to take over a center from Kamaldeen Sulemana (1-0, 45th).
Barely out of the locker room, the Parisians cashed in a second but by Flavian Was (2-0, 46th), served by Laborde, again him. Rennes even almost benefited from a penalty at the end of the match (81st), canceled after consulting the VAR.
Five days after his first but in the Parisian jersey against Manchester City in C1, Lionel Messi did not repeat, the fault in particular in the cross which stopped his free kick in the 31st minute.
With this setback, the Parisian leader sees his lead over Lens reduced to six points.
Monaco on fire to Louis II
The Monegasques had won only once at the Louis-II stadium this season. Against Bordeaux, Niko Kovac’s men, very lively, have finally regained their efficiency at home and have a third success in a row. Former Bordelais Aurélien Chouameni, called again in Blue this week, opened the scoring in the 36th minute. He is also at the origin of the second but where he serves Wissam Ben Yedder, then decisive passer for Aleksandr Golovin (2-0, 48th). Ben Yedder was responsible for transforming a penalty (63rd), his fifth goal of the season.
Angers on the wire
Long hung and weighed down in particular by a blunder on a release from his goalkeeper Paul Bernardoni, Angers snatched the victory 3-2 in additional time against Metz (18th), thanks to Stephane Bahoken. The SCO is provisionally fourth pending the Marseille match in Lille.
In Lorient, Clermont (15th) opened hostilities with the inevitable Mohamed bayo. But Julien laporte allowed the Bretons to save a point at Moustoir, which does not however prevent them from dropping down to 7th place, ahead of Nantes.
The Canaries return to the Top 10 thanks to their 2-0 success against Troyes (17th). After Andrei’s opener Girotto, Nantes was again carried by Ludovic Blas, goal scorer, his fifth goal of the season.