Paris Saint-Germain missed the chance to seal their sixth Ligue 1 title in seven years for the second week running on Sunday after a 5-1 hammering at Lille, their biggest league defeat in 10 years.
Thomas Tuchel’s side could have been crowned champions inrecord-equalling time last weekend but failed to beat Strasbourg, and they fellshort again on Sunday despite needing just a point in a match that saw themhave to play with 10 men for 54 minutes and lose both captain Thiago Silva andThomas Meunier to injury.
The loss was PSG’s worst domestic defeat since going down4-0 at Bordeaux in 2009, and the first time they had conceded five goals in theleague since another 5-1 defeat at Sedan way back in 2000.
However, they are still 17 points clear of second-placedLille and if they win at Nantes on Wednesday they will still win the leaguewith six matches to spare.
“We are going to be champions, but you have to lose in theright way,” said Kylian Mbappe, who had two goals ruled out for offside.
“We can’t lack personality like that, and concede three, four, five goals. Losing happens, but that is not normal.” World Cup winner Mbappe had already had one goal chalked off by the officials when a comical Meunier own goal set Lille on their way after six minutes.