With a 4-1 victory against Lorient, Kylian Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele both scored twice to put Paris St. Germain in position to win another Ligue 1 championship.
Dembele opened the scoring in the first half, and Mbappe added a flicked finish. On the hour mark, the latter skillfully set up the former for PSG’s third goal via breaking news.
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Following Mohamed Bamba’s response, Mbappe scored his second goal of the game late on, making it his 26th in the league.
With four games left, Luis Enrique’s team leads the standings by 11 points as the capital club wins its Ligue 1 third straight title and its tenth in a 12-year span.
Runner-up Monaco defeated fourth-place Lille 1-0 at home on Wednesday, thanks to a goal from Youssouf Fofana, ensuring that PSG did not win the championship.
Melvin Bard’s equalizer in the 72nd minute helped Nice, who were in fifth place, salvage a 2-2 draw against 10-man Marseille.
After Terem Moffi gave the visitors the lead, Faris Moumbagna was sent off just before halftime and Jonathan Clauss and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored penalties for Marseille to tie the score.
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