French League Leader PSG Draws Again As Kylian Mbappé Is Left On The Bench Once More – News18

PARIS: French league chief Paris Saint-Germain drew 2-2 at residence to Reims on Sunday as Kylian Mbappé was left on the bench for the second straight league sport.

It was defending champion PSG’s third straight league draw and the assault regarded tame with out him. Mbappé got here on within the 73rd minute with the rating 2-2, however couldn’t add to his league-main 21 targets.

He curled a shot simply extensive quickly after, missed the ball making an attempt a bicycle kick and regarded annoyed after taking pictures straight on the goalkeeper from 20 meters out. PSG is 10 factors away from second-place Brest with 9 video games remaining.

Mbappé scored each targets on Tuesday as PSG beat Real Sociedad 2-1 to succeed in the Champions League quarterfinals. But coach Luis Enrique is rotating his gamers to organize for subsequent season with out Mbappé, who’s leaving this summer time.

Enrique mentioned he’s not taking it straightforward due to PSG’s lead.

“The earlier we win the league, the better,” the Spaniard mentioned. “We must win games.”

Reims took the lead after seven minutes following a defensive blunder from proper again Achraf Hakimi, who misplaced the ball within the penalty space permitting midfielder Marshall Munetsi to attain.

“We started well and then we gave them a gift,” Enrique mentioned. “There are still things we need to improve.”

PSG equalized 10 minutes later when Reims captain Yunis Abdelhamid tried to defend a nook and deflected the ball into this personal internet. Last week, Abdelhamid’s careless again cross allowed Lille striker Jonathan David to attain.

Gonçalo Ramos began in assault and put PSG 2-1 up within the nineteenth minute after Reims didn’t clear a cross and the ball fell kindly to him. The guests pulled degree simply earlier than the break when Emmanuel Agbadou’s cross discovered striker Oumar Diakité, whose shot beat goalkeeper Keylor Navas and went in off the publish.

OTHER MATCHES

Third-place Monaco moved one level behind Brest after midfielder Eliesse Ben Seghir got here off the bench to attain a 72nd-minute winner in a 1-0 victory at Strasbourg.

Le Havre received 1-0 at residence to Toulouse and struggling Metz beat final-place Clermont 1-0 because of Georgia ahead Georges Mikautadze’s first-half penalty.

Later Sunday, it’s Lille vs. Rennes, and resurgent Marseille confronted Nantes having scored 16 targets in 4 video games since coach Jean-Louis Gasset took cost.

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