Paris SG overturned Montpellier (3-1) with three goals in seven minutes on Saturday in a 17th day of Ligue 1 marked by the good operation of Monaco and the bursts of Strasbourg and Nice.
In the Herault, the Parisian leader recovered from a catastrophic start, including a goal against his home league Leandro Paredes, who catapulted the hand in the ball in his own goal (41), after a smashed head of Daniel Congré. Paris knocked out Montpellier after the expulsion of Pedro Mendes (72), guilty of an uncontrolled tackle on Neymar. The star of the PSG has done justice by depositing a free kick in the back of the opponent (74th), before delivering a pass for Kylian Mbappé (76th). Mauro Icardi, associated with two nuggets attack for the first time, hit the nail (81).
The partners of Keylor Navas, touched in the face by a bottle of water launched from the stands, could be champions of autumn as of Sunday in case of counter-performance of Marseille Sunday (21h) against Bordeaux.
Third defeat in a row for Angers
While waiting for this summit at the Vélodrome, Rennes scored points in the race for the podium. The Britons dominated Angers (2-1) at home, which allows them to return to a length of the third Lille, with one more match still to play. At Roazhon Park, Mbaye Niang capsized his fans with a double (24th, 80th). Conversely, the SCO Angers sinks into depression with a third defeat in a row. In the standings, Angers has the same number of points as Montpellier and Monaco, Saturday's winner of Amiens (3-0) at Stade Louis-II.
The Monegasques inflicted Picards their fourth defeat in a row under the blows of Wissam Ben Yedder (62), now the only best artificer of the Championship of France with 11 goals, then Guillermo Maripan (66) and Keita Baldé (69).
Leonardo Jardim's team finally managed to win two consecutive victories, which it had not managed to do since the end of October. And this allows him to return to four points of the podium, the goal set by the Portuguese coach.
Nice raises
One point behind, we now find Nice, easy winner of Metz (4-1). Heavily defeated at Saint-Etienne (4-1) on Wednesday, the Aiglons have taken a bit of height on the Côte-d'Azur thanks to the doubled Wylan Cyprien, a beautiful shot wound distant (10th) and a subtle panenka on penalty (41st).
Like Nice, Strasbourg has taken home colors after the slap suffered Tuesday in Brest (5-0). And it was Toulouse who paid the price (4-2). The TFC, red lantern with Nîmes, cooled of the entry Meinau by a goal of Nicolas Isimat-Mirin (3rd). But the Alsatians quickly recovered their spirits under the baton of Lamine Koné (7th), their captain. And they concluded the evening with four goals, as in their two previous victories, in November against Nimes (4-1) and Amiens (4-0).