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Paris Saint-Germain suffered a primary defeat since March because the French champion misplaced 3-1 in opposition to Lens on New Yr’s Day.
PSG was with out Lionel Messi – nonetheless absent following Argentina’s World Cup victory – and Neymar – who was banned after receiving a crimson card in opposition to Strasbourg – for Sunday’s top-of-the-table recreation in Ligue 1, which marked the group’s first loss in 32 video games.
Przemysław Frankowski opened the scoring after 5 minutes for the house facet when Gianluigi Donnarumma’s save fell at his toes, however PSG hit again quickly after by Hugo Ekitiké’s close-range end.
Loïs Openda regained the lead for Lens halfway by the primary half as he dodged a sliding problem from Marquinhos and managed to get a shot beneath Donnarumma to make it 2-1.
Then in the beginning of the second half, Openda helped to finish the victory with a wise backheel to place Alexis Claude-Maurice by on purpose.
The outcome means Lens stays unbeaten at house this season and strikes inside 4 factors of PSG on the prime of Ligue 1.
“We made far too many errors in opposition to a Lens facet that deserved their victory,” said PSG coach Christophe Galtier.
“Even when we tried to battle again, we had an opportunity to make it 3-2, however for the primary time this season, we utterly misplaced our group,” he added. “Why? I’m undecided, however we’ll discuss with the gamers involved and have a look at the totally different areas of our play.”
Regardless of drawing 0-0 in opposition to Good on Thursday, Lens is unbeaten prior to now seven league video games because it seems to achieve floor on PSG.
