Paris Saint-Germain is on the brink of winning another French Ligue 1 title after beating Lyon 4-1 on Sunday, the same figure that saw them beat Barcelona in the Champions League in midweek. All the goals came in the first half at the Parc des Princes, with Nemanja Matic's own goal and Lucas Beraldo's effort putting PSG two up inside six minutes. Goncalo Ramos then scored twice either side of an Ernest Nuamah strike as the Parisians cruised to victory despite the resting Kylian Mbappe spending the evening on the bench.
PSG, who have not lost a Ligue 1 match since September, are now 11 points ahead of second-placed Monaco with just five games remaining.
It means they will secure a tenth French title in twelve seasons if they win at Lorient on Wednesday in a rearranged match and Monaco fail to beat Lille at the same time.
“I am very happy with the result, with the match and with the week,” PSG coach Luis Enrique told broadcaster Amazon Prime.
He rested Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele among five changes to the side that started last Tuesday's 4-1 win against Barcelona in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final.
“After the Barcelona game you never know what it will be like, but I think the team was extremely accurate and I have a lot of confidence and am very happy.”
Lyon have enjoyed a remarkable revival in recent months under new coach Pierre Sage and are still hoping to qualify for Europe after being bottom of the table at the end of November.
However, they were blown away when Matic diverted Marco Asensio's cutback into his own goal and Brazilian defender Beraldo converted a corner to make it 2-0 after six minutes.
Ramos headed in Achraf Hakimi's cross to make it 3-0 just after the half-hour mark, although Ghanaian star Nuamah cut in from the right flank and pulled the ball back for Lyon shortly afterwards.
Ramos restored PSG's three-goal lead with a fine move just before half-time for his 13th of the season in all competitions.
That wrapped up the scoring, and whatever happens in midweek, PSG will hope to be confirmed as title winners before traveling to Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final on May 1.
Lyon are one point off seventh place, which will be enough to qualify for Europe if they cannot beat PSG when the teams meet again in the French Cup final at the end of May.
Monaco comes second
Monaco moved into second place with an earlier 2-0 win in Brest in a battle between two teams chasing Champions League qualification.
Swiss midfielder Denis Zakaria and Japan's Takumi Minamino scored either side of half-time.
Monaco retained the victory despite both Eliesse Ben Seghir and Wilfried Singo being sent off in stoppage time.
A third straight win for the Principality side sees them ready to go on and automatically qualify for next season's Champions League, a competition they have not competed in since 2018/2019.
They are two points ahead of Brest and three ahead of fourth-placed Lille, who bounced back from their Europa Conference League exit in midweek by beating Strasbourg 1-0 on penalties against Aston Villa.
Canadian Jonathan David scored the only goal of the match to take his total in Ligue 1 to 17 this season.
The team that finishes fourth will participate in the Champions League in the preliminary rounds next season.
Marseille needed an injury-time goal from Cameroonian striker Faris Moumbagna to grab a point in a 2–2 draw against Toulouse.
Moumbagna had also scored on Thursday as Marseille defeated Benfica in a penalty shoot-out to reach the semi-finals of the Europa League.
However, they have now failed to win in four league games and sit ninth in the table, meaning they may well need to win the Europa League to qualify for Europe again next season.
Jordan's Mousa Al-Tamari scored a late winner as Montpellier won 2-1 in Reims, while Metz moved out of the relegation zone with a 1-0 win in Le Havre.
The team from Normandy dropped to the bottom three in their place.
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