Angers vs. Paris Saint-Germain – Football Match Report – April 21, 2023

Paris Saint-Germain moved a step nearer to a report eleventh Ligue 11 title when Kylian Mbappe’s double earned them a 2-1 victory at backside aspect Angers on Friday.

France ahead Mbappe struck twice within the first half to place PSG on 75 factors with six video games left, extending the French champions’ result in 11 factors earlier than second-positioned Marseille journey to Olympique Lyonnais on Sunday.

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Third-placed Lens, who’re one level additional adrift, host fourth-positioned Monaco on Saturday.

Angers, on 14 factors, can be relegated to Ligue 2 if Nantes and Stade Brestois win their video games on Sunday and AJ Auxerre keep away from defeat on Saturday.

Angers, who’ve now received solely three of 32 matches in Ligue 1 this season, had been up towards it from the beginning and Mbappe rapidly made certain there could be no deviation from the script.

After fluffing a volley, he regained management of the ball earlier than slotting it previous Paul Bernardoni within the ninth minute.

Mbappe then collected a via ball from Lionel Messi and doubled the benefit with a medical end on 26 minutes.

Messi went near including one other seven minutes from the interval, however Bernardoni parried the Argentine’s try from simply outdoors the field.

Sada Thioub diminished the arrears with a detailed-vary effort 4 minutes from time, but it surely was too little, too late for a workforce virtually sure to be relegated.