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LENS, France (Reuters) – Clinical RC Lens beat Strasbourg 2-1 to provisionally cut Paris St Germain’s once double-digit lead at the top of the Ligue 1 table to three points on Friday and open up the title race.<\/p>\n

Lens are second on 63 points, three ahead of third-placed Olympique Marseille, who travel to Lorient on Sunday. Strasbourg remain in 16th on 26 points.<\/p>\n

Wing back Przemyslaw Frankowsk opened the scoring for Lens in the 10th minute, calmly slotting his effort into the bottom corner past Strasbourg keeper Matz Sels following Adrien Thomasson’s cutback.<\/p>\n

The goal was initially ruled out for offside, but after an anxious wait for a VAR check, a huge roar erupted at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis when it was given. <\/p>\n

Lens kept up the pressure as they looked to put the game to bed, but a string of saves from Sels ensured the hosts were not out of sight by halftime.<\/p>\n

Argentine defender Facundo Medina then made it 2-0 in the 64th minute, connecting sweetly with a volley when the ball dropped to him on the edge of the area. <\/p>\n

Strasbourg’s Kevin Gameiro pulled one back with a glorious curler in the 84th minute, but Lens held on for victory. <\/p>\n

Lens can further improve their prospects of winning a second French top-flight title when they face leaders PSG next week, after the defending champions’ trip to Nice on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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(Reporting by Aadi Nair in Bengaluru, editing by Pritha Sarkar)<\/p>\n

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