{"id":19759,"date":"2023-04-21T21:11:13","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T21:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/soccer-psg-close-in-on\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T21:17:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T21:17:02","slug":"soccer-psg-close-in-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/soccer-psg-close-in-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Soccer-PSG close in on title as Mbappe double sinks Angers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PARIS (Reuters) &#8211;     Paris St Germain moved a step closer to a record 11th Ligue 1 title when Kylian Mbappe&#8217;s double earned them a 2-1 victory at bottom side Angers on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>France forward Mbappe struck twice in the first half to put PSG on 75 points with six games left, extending the French champions&#8217; lead to 11 points before second-placed Olympique de Marseille travel to Olympique Lyonnais on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Third-placed RC Lens, who are one point further adrift, host fourth-placed Monaco on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Angers, on 14 points, will be relegated to Ligue 2 if Nantes and Stade Brestois win their games on Sunday and AJ Auxerre avoid defeat on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Angers, who have now won only three of 32 matches in Ligue 1 this season, were up against it from the start and Mbappe quickly made sure there would be no deviation from the script.<\/p>\n<p>After fluffing a volley, he regained control of the ball before slotting it past Paul Bernardoni in the ninth minute.<\/p>\n<p>Mbappe then collected a through ball from Lionel Messi and doubled the advantage with a clinical finish on 26 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Messi went close to adding another seven minutes from the interval, but Bernardoni parried the Argentine&#8217;s attempt from just outside the box.<\/p>\n<p>Sada Thioub reduced the arrears with a close-range effort four minutes from time, but it was too little, too late for a team almost certain to be relegated.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p> (Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Toby Davis)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/soccer-psg-close-in-on\/ligue-1-angers-v-paris-st-germain\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportSportsNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3K0RF-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3K0RF-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/soccer-psg-close-in-on\/ligue-1-angers-v-paris-st-germain-2\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportSportsNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3K0RI-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3K0RI-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/soccer-psg-close-in-on\/ligue-1-angers-v-paris-st-germain-3\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportSportsNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3K0RH-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3K0RH-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/soccer-psg-close-in-on\/ligue-1-angers-v-paris-st-germain-4\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportSportsNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3K0RG-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3K0RG-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/soccer-psg-close-in-on\/ligue-1-angers-v-paris-st-germain-5\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportSportsNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3K0RJ-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3K0RJ-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PARIS (Reuters) &#8211; Paris St Germain moved a step closer to a record 11th Ligue 1 title when Kylian Mbappe&#8217;s double earned them a 2-1 victory at bottom side Angers on Friday. 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