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Kylian Mbappe Strikes As PSG Sink 10-man Lens To Stretch Ligue 1 Lead | Football News
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Kylian Mbappe Strikes As PSG Sink 10-man Lens To Stretch Ligue 1 Lead | Football News

[ad_1] Kylian Mbappe scored and Gianluigi Donnarumma saved a penalty as Paris Saint-Germain surged eight points clear at the top of Ligue 1 on Sunday with a 2-0 victory over last season's runners-up Lens. Bradley Barcola gave PSG the lead with his second goal for the French champions after Donnarumma had kept out an early spot-kick from Przemyslaw Frankowski at the Stade Bollaert. Lens are a far cry from the team that finished a point behind PSG last term, but their home form remains strong and they had an 11-match unbeaten run snapped just before the winter break. However their hopes of...
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Manchester United On Brink Of Champions League Exit, Arsenal And PSV Into Last 16 | Football News
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Manchester United On Brink Of Champions League Exit, Arsenal And PSV Into Last 16 | Football News

[ad_1] Manchester United are facing elimination from the Champions League in the group stage after squandering a two-goal lead to draw 3-3 with Galatasaray in Istanbul on Wednesday, while Arsenal and PSV Eindhoven secured qualification for the last 16. Three-time European champions United needed a win in Turkey, against opponents who beat them at Old Trafford last month, in order to keep qualification for the knockout rounds in their hands. Erik ten Hag's side appeared in control when Alejandro Garnacho's early opener was followed by a stunning strike by Bruno Fernandes on 18 minutes.Hakim Ziyech pulled one back with a free-kick, only for Scott McTominay to restore the visitors' two-goal advantage early in the second half.Yet Galatasaray were again given hope when another Ziyech free-kic...
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Lens Warm Up For Champions League Trip To Arsenal With Comfortable Victory | Football News
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Lens Warm Up For Champions League Trip To Arsenal With Comfortable Victory | Football News

[ad_1] Lens extended their unbeaten run in Ligue 1 to eight matches with a 3-0 win over Clermont.© AFPLens extended their unbeaten run in Ligue 1 to eight matches on Saturday with a 3-0 victory at Clermont, before turning their attentions to Wednesday's Champions League game at Arsenal. Elye Wahi's early strike got Lens up and running before Adrien Thomasson and Wesley Said's second-half strikes completed the job in a match in which both teams were reduced to 10 men. Lens beat Arsenal at home in October but might need another shock result next week to keep their first Champions League campaign since 2002 alive.The French club sit third in Group B, behind PSV Eindhoven on head-to-head record and four points adrift of leaders Arsenal."The level that awaits us on Wednesday is that of a big ...
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Lens Aim To Build On Memorable Champions League Victory | Football News
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Lens Aim To Build On Memorable Champions League Victory | Football News

[ad_1] After their stunning Champions League win over Arsenal, Lens are looking to cap a memorable week with another victory when they return to domestic duty in France with a derby against bitter local rivals Lille. Lens marked their first home game in Europe's elite club competition in over two decades with a magnificent comeback to beat much-fancied Arsenal 2-1 on Tuesday before a raucous sell-out crowd of over 38,000. Hardly any of the Lens players had appeared in the Champions League before this season and yet they recovered from falling behind early on against one of England's heavyweights to win with goals from Adrien Thomasson and Elye Wahi."It was one of the most memorable matches of my time at Lens," said manager Franck Haise, who had limited coaching experience when he took ov...
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