Brazilian Superstar, Neymar Jr., was shown a red card in the final minute as Paris Saint Germain lost 0-1 to LOSC Lille at Parc des Princes stadium in Paris in their French Ligue One encounter on Saturday evening.
PSG were punished by 21 years old Canada striker Jonathan David’s 20th minute goal that settled the encounter.
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It is a third consecutive and fifth defeat at home in the league for Mauricio Pochettino’s side, also their eighth overall this season.
Despite Lille suffering consecutive defeats before this encounter, the municipal club had boasted of defeating PSG in Paris and they played a near-perfect game to snatch victory, Tiago Djalo’s red card for offensive language in the Neymar Jr. incident the only blot in their brilliant performance.
While Kylian Mbappe wasted an early chance created by Neymar Jr., Lille’s David fired the visitors ahead when he controlled Jonathan Ikone’s cross before finishing high into the net for the only goal of the match.
Neymar Jr. started his first game in two months and was PSG’s biggest threat, going close twice in the second period but was denied on both occasions.
The Parisians who have won the last three league titles and captured seven of the past eight drop to second in the league standings with seven matches left, three points behind Lille seeking their first title since 2011.
In Italy, Cristiano Ronaldo salvaged a point for Juventus in the Turin derby with a 79th-minute equalizer in the soon-to-be-deposed Serie A champions’ 2-2 draw against Torino.
Federico Chiesa gave Juve the lead on 13 minutes but Antonio Sanabria scored in both halves, first with a header on 27 minutes and a near post strike one minute into the second period to give Torino an unlikely lead before Ronaldo levelled with a header.
Rodrigo Bentancur hit the woodwork with six minutes left but Juve hung on for a precious point through Wojciech Szczesny’s saves in the closing minutes.
Under pressure Andrea Pirlo’s side risk missing the champions’ league next season as they dropped to fifth behind Atlanta and Napoli, both clubs they face in their next two matches.
Bayern Munich, however, opened a seven-point gap at the Bundesliga summit following a 1-0 win over closest challengers Red Bull Leipzig thanks to Leon Goretzka’s first half strike.
The champions who were without injured striker Robert Lewandowski survived a second-half onslaught as their hosts squandered several golden opportunities in the second half.
Barring any late season meltdown, Bayern are clear to coast towards a ninth-straight league title.
Real Madrid also won 2-0 in the Spanish La Liga thanks to goals from Marco Asensio and Karim
Benzema to close the gap on Atletico Madrid to three points, while Manchester City also won by similar scoreline to open a 17-point lead in the English Premier League.
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