PSG loses to Lyon at home, taking another hit.

Paris Saint-Germain lost at home for the second time in a row on Sunday, losing 1-0 to Lyon, cutting their lead atop Ligue 1 to six points.

Bradley Barcola of Lyon handed PSG their most recent defeat at the Parc des Princes, two weeks after they lost 2-0 to Rennes at home.

Barcola's goal made up for Alexandre Lacazette's missed penalty in the first half after he had replaced the injured Amin Sarr.
The Parisians have now lost five times in Ligue 1 this year, all of them in 2023, and Christophe Galtier's team now only has a six-point lead over Lens in second place and Marseille in third.

Now in ninth place is Lyon, led by former PSG manager Laurent Blanc.

Danilo, a midfielder for PSG, acknowledged that the team had entered "a difficult phase" that they needed to escape because their competitors were closing in.

He said on Prime Video, "We have to wake up. The title is not guaranteed at all, there are still a lot of matches.

There are many things that need to change, in addition to mindset, but I can't decide what.

With Neymar recovering from an ankle surgery and their defense being completely destroyed, PSG has been severely hampered by injuries.
El Chadaille Bitshiabu, a 17-year-old central defender who was called up by PSG on Sunday, was overwhelmed and gave the ball away too frequently.

In contrast to his recent performances against Strasbourg and Brest, Kylian Mbappe was unable to repeat his late-game scoring feats.

Lionel Messi's name had elicited cheers from spectators during team lineup announcements prior to kickoff against Lyon.

Messi, who helped Argentina win the World Cup in Qatar last year, is approaching the end of his two-year deal with the Paris club that currently leads Ligue 1, and negotiations have started on a potential extension.

We believed we could harm them, Blanc said. They made some technical mistakes.

PSG's next match is away at Nice, who haven't lost since January 2, before a crucial home match against second-place Lens.

They will be hoping to deal more damage to their Qatar-owned rivals, whose season is on the verge of collapse following losses to Marseille in the French Cup and Bayern Munich in the Champions League.

The phrase "Two faces of Monaco"

Monaco defeated mediocre Strasbourg 4-3 at home to keep up their fight for a Champions League spot.

Despite taking the lead through Vanderson in the 18th minute, Monaco trailed 2-1 at the break.

Strasbourg won thanks to goals from Lebo Mothiba and Chilean defender Guillermo Maripan.

Then, in the second half, Youssouf Fofana, Eliesse Ben Seghir, and Edan Diop—all three only 18 years old—scored three goals in a span of 11 minutes to give Monaco a 4-2 advantage.

The stoppage-time strike by Habib Diallo was merely Strasbourg's solace.

Monaco is only three points behind third-placed Marseille, which was held to a 1-1 draw by Montpellier on Friday, with 57 points.

We saw two faces of Monaco tonight, Philippe Clement, the coach of Monaco, said.

At halftime, I was furious because I did not recognize my team. "We started well and for 25 minutes, we were good, but then the aggression fell away and Strasbourg came back and scored twice.