PARIS — PARIS (AP) — Winger Bradley Barcola scored twice to reach 10 goals in Ligue 1, and Paris Saint-Germain won 4-2 in Angers on Saturday to maintain its six-point lead over Monaco, which is in second place.
South Korean Lee Kang-in also scored twice to help PSG remain unbeaten in 11 rounds, with their strong form in the domestic league contrasting their misadventures in the Champions League.
The match was stopped briefly at the start of the second half after home fans threw tennis balls onto the field. It was part of growing protests among fans toward the French league and the way it handles matches.
Forward Esteban Lepaul and Emmanuel Biumla scored for Angers in injury time.
Earlier, Eliesse Ben Seghir scored a brace and fellow teenager George Ilenikhena added the other goal as Monaco came from behind to beat Strasbourg 3-1.
Monaco’s goals came late in the second half and their speed and technique on the counterattack proved too much for Strasbourg, who had taken the lead in the first half.
In the match at the Stade de la Meinau in Strasbourg something unusual happened when referee Bastien Dechepy signaled that he needed to be substituted, as if he were an injured player. Dechepy pointed to his right thigh in the 57th minute and was replaced by fourth official Benjamin Lepaysant, who awarded Monaco a penalty in the 79th minute after reviewing the video.
Ben Seghir executed it calmly and the 19-year-old Moroccan midfielder then completed a lightning counterattack in the 89th.
Two minutes later, 18-year-old Ilenikhena scored the third with a precise shot.
Strasbourg scored in the 29th minute when poor defending made space for Guéla Doué to send the ball wide of the left post, beating goalkeeper Radoslaw Majecki.
Fifth-place Lens scored twice in the final minutes to beat Nantes 3-2. Midfielder Adrien Thomasson scored the winning goal in the 90th.
This match was also briefly interrupted by fans throwing tennis balls onto the field, and there was also an accusatory banner directed by Strasbourg fans at the French Lifa and the broadcast channel beIn Sports.
On Friday, home fans booed Marseille when they lost 3-1 to Auxerre.
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This story was translated from English by an AP editor with the help of a generative artificial intelligence tool.
