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PSG BACK ON TOP: DOUé, BARCOLA, AND RAMOS SECURE LEAD AS LENS BOTTLE LEAD
PSG are back on top: Discover how Lens threw away a two-goal lead to Monaco, handing Luis Enrique’s side a major title boost.
Lens kicked off the day one point clear of PSG at the top of the table. They looked set to stay there, leading Monaco by two goals in the second half until it all fell apart. In just a few chaotic minutes, they collapsed and suffered their first home defeat since August.
That stumble handed PSG a golden chance to jump back into first place. They didn’t waste it. Facing the league’s bottom team at Parc des Princes, PSG barely broke a sweat. Desire Doue, Bradley Barcola, and Goncalo Ramos all found the net.
Now PSG are two points ahead of Lens with 11 games to go. Lyon, sitting third, could close the gap to six if they beat Strasbourg on Sunday.
Luis Enrique, PSG’s coach, didn’t hold back when speaking to Ligue 1+. “The Lens are having an incredible season,” he said. “But we’ve still got 11 matches left, and we need to keep improving if we want to keep the title.”
Doue got a spot in the starting lineup after coming off the bench for the injured Ousmane Dembele and scoring twice in PSG’s 3-2 win against Monaco in midweek Champions League action. Against Metz, he wasted no time, scoring just three minutes in after a slick pass from Warren Zaire-Emery sent him clear from halfway.
PSG’s second goal came right before halftime. Metz keeper Jonathan Fischer managed to stop a Lucas Hernandez header, but Barcola was standing just about on the goal line to tap in the rebound.
Ramos could have made it 3-0 earlier in the second half, but he missed a golden chance. Later, though, he made up for it, smashing in his 11th goal of the season with less than 15 minutes left.
Enrique rested several key players with the looming second leg against Monaco on Wednesday. Dembele didn’t play at all.
Meanwhile, in Lens, Odsonne Edouard put the home team ahead just three minutes in, finishing off a pass from Adrien Thomasson. Lens was chasing a club record, an 11th straight home league win, and Florian Thauvin’s goal early in the second half made it look likely.
But Monaco had other ideas. Folarin Balogun pulled one back just after the hour mark, scoring his 11th of the season. That goal flipped the momentum. Denis Zakaria soon equalised, and then substitute Ansu Fati completed the turnaround with a third Monaco goal. Three goals in 11 wild minutes, suddenly, Lens were reeling.
For a team that came into the weekend with the best defensive record, Lens didn’t just lose; they unravelled. “That was stupid. We had the victory in our hands,” said coach Pierre Sage, clearly frustrated. “We’re very disappointed, but we can’t play the victim. This needs to be a lesson to help us grow.”
Monaco’s win moves them up to sixth, right back in the hunt for European football after a strong five-match run.
Elsewhere, Toulouse and Paris FC ended 1-1. Julian Vignolo scored late to deny Paris FC the win after Marshall Munetsi had put them ahead. Paris FC, despite the wealth of the Arnault family backing them, has just one win in its last 12 league games. By late Saturday, word was out that coach Stephane Gilli had been sacked, with ex-PSG boss Antoine Kombouare lined up as his replacement.
Marseille, sitting fourth, lost 2-0 at Brest on Friday in Habib Beye’s debut as head coach. Not the start he wanted.
ERLING HAALAND IN PARIS? PSG REPORTEDLY ASKS TO BE KEPT INFORMED ON CITY STRIKER'S FUTURE
PSG is eyeing Erling Haaland: Discover why Ousmane Dembele is being offered to the PL after his fallout with Luis Enrique.
Paris Saint-Germain, fresh off their European triumph, have started poking around about Erling Haaland’s future at Manchester City. That’s according to sources.
Haaland settled at City and signed a massive long-term deal just last January. But that hasn’t stopped Europe’s biggest clubs from sniffing around. Barcelona and Real Madrid, for example, both seem convinced there are release clauses in Haaland’s contract that could let him chase his dream of playing in Spain.
Sure, a move to La Liga feels like the obvious next step for Haaland someday, but PSG aren’t sitting back. They’ve now asked to be kept in the loop if anything changes with Haaland down the line.
Important detail: PSG’s interest in Haaland isn’t tied up in the drama swirling around Ousmane Dembele. Dembele’s future in Paris has gotten pretty cloudy. He ruffled feathers after a tough loss to Rennes, basically calling out his teammates for playing selfishly. “If we play as individuals, it won’t work,” he reportedly said. That didn’t exactly win him friends in the dressing room.
Manager Luis Enrique didn’t mince words, either. He called Dembele’s comments “worthless” and made it clear that no player is bigger than the club.
Things got even messier when Enrique subbed Dembele off before half an hour had passed in PSG’s Champions League match at Monaco. His replacement, Desire Doue, helped spark a comeback win of 3-2 for PSG. That turnaround didn’t do much to help Dembele’s standing.
Now, with all this tension, intermediaries have started quietly gauging interest from other clubs for Dembele. Only a handful of teams could actually afford him, and most of the early feelers have gone out to Premier League sides.
From what we’re hearing, Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool, and Chelsea have all been approached about a possible move.
Right now, it’s anyone’s guess if PSG will try to patch things up with Dembele or nudge him out the door. One thing’s for sure, though: the club’s covering all its bases. They’re keeping tabs on Haaland, even if signing him soon feels like a long shot.
INJURY MYSTERY: INSIDE THE RECURRING CALF ISSUES THREATENING OUSMANE DEMBéLé’S ELITE CAREER
Ousmane Dembélé’s season is in doubt after a calf injury vs Monaco. Discover how Désiré Doué saved PSG with a stunning 3-2 brace.
Ousmane Dembélé’s season keeps getting rough. On Tuesday, he limped off in the first half against Monaco, adding another injury to his already frustrating year with Paris Saint-Germain.
Désiré Doué stepped in for Dembélé and immediately made things happen. He scored twice, helped set up the other goal, and suddenly PSG found themselves heading back to Paris with a 3-2 lead for next Wednesday’s return leg.
Dembélé, already dealing with a leg problem, lasted just 26 minutes at Stade Louis II. The Ballon d'Or winner has basically been fighting injuries all season. Not long before he walked off, cameras caught him rubbing the back of his left calf, then rolling down his sock. He didn’t look comfortable at all.
Coach Luis Enrique insisted he didn’t take any risks starting Dembélé. “We know how each player’s feeling. No risk, he trained like normal,” Enrique said. “We’ll see if there’s really an injury. He took a knock early, then couldn’t keep running.”
PSG actually trailed 2-0 when Dembélé left, but Doué helped turn things around by halftime.
Injuries have haunted Dembélé for a while. He went out early in the season playing for France, then had to leave the pitch early against Bayern Munich back in November. Even in Barcelona, injuries continued to get in the way.
Doué wasted no time after coming on. Two minutes later, he fired a low shot into the bottom right corner to get PSG back in it. When he celebrated, he cupped his hands over his ears, like he was tuning out all the recent criticism.
“The coach makes his choices. It’s always a team effort, win or lose,” Doué said. “The most important thing is just to win games like this.”
Before the match, Luis Enrique had actually criticised some of his star players after PSG dropped out of first place in Ligue 1 with a loss to Rennes.
Just before halftime, Doué played a big part in PSG’s equaliser. His shot was pushed away by Monaco’s keeper Philipp Köhn, but the ball bounced right to Achraf Hakimi in the box. Hakimi buried it in the bottom left corner.
Then, in the 67th minute, Doué got his second. Warren Zaïre-Emery found him at the edge of the box, and Doué slipped another low shot into the right corner.
Earlier, Köhn had kept out Vitinha’s penalty in the 22nd minute. Monaco’s Aleksandr Golovin didn’t help his team’s cause, getting sent off early for a clumsy foul on Vitinha. So, PSG’s comeback had plenty of drama and a lot of Doué.
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