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– Paris St Germain moved a step closer to a record 11th Ligue 1 title when Kylian Mbappe’s double earned them a 2-1 victory at bottom side Angers on Friday.
– France forward Mbappe struck twice in the first half to put PSG on 75 points with six games left, extending the French champions’ lead to 11 points before second-placed Olympique de Marseille travel to Olympique Lyonnais on Sunday.
– Third-placed RC Lens, who are one point further adrift, host fourth-placed Monaco on Saturday.
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– 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.
– 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.
– After fluffing a volley, he regained control of the ball before slotting it past Paul Bernardoni in the ninth minute.
– Mbappe then collected a through ball from Lionel Messi and doubled the advantage with a clinical finish on 26 minutes.
– Messi went close to adding another seven minutes from the interval, but Bernardoni parried the Argentine’s attempt from just outside the box.
– 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.
👊 @PSG_English survive late scare to strengthen their position as league leaders#SCOPSG pic.twitter.com/MGt6F1iyOn
— Ligue 1 English (@Ligue1_ENG) April 21, 2023
