PSG closer to an unbeaten Ligue 1 season after beating Le Havre and Marseille reclaims 2nd
PARIS AP Paris Saint-Germain labored past lowly Le Havre - on Saturday and moved closer to finishing Ligue unbeaten In other games Marseille thumped rock-bottom Montpellier - to reclaim second place by one point from Monaco which drew - at home with fifth-placed Strasbourg PSG has already clinched the league title and coach Luis Enrique rested -goal top-scorer Ousmane Demb l and gave -year forward Ibrahim Mbaye a chance up front Another teenage forward D sir Dou gave PSG an early lead with a deflected strike after being set up by winger Bradley Barcola s league-leading th assist The second goal came in the new half when -year-old midfielder Senny Mayulu broke down the left and allowed center forward Gon alo Ramos an easy tap-in Sloppy defending from a corner let striker Issa Soumar head a goal back on the hour for Le Havre which remained th and in the relegation playoff spot PSG is on curriculum for the first treble in its history It travels to Arsenal on April in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal and takes on Reims in the French Cup final on May The top three sides in France gain automatic entry into next season s Champions League while the side in fourth spot enters qualifying Marseille looks well set with only four games left English forward Mason Greenwood scored twice against a woeful Montpellier to take his league tally to with only Demb l ahead of him Greenwood scored from the penalty spot eight minutes into a one-sided contest at Stade Velodrome Then defender Amir Murillo identified Greenwood just inside the penalty area and he controlled the ball before finishing with a neat side-footed shot The visitors pulled a goal back before France midfielder Adrien Rabiot completed the scoring with a cool finish from Isma l Bennacer s pass Montpellier is almost relegated after an th straight loss Balogun goes close United States forward Folarin Balogun came off the bench late on for Monaco and almost scored when Dorde Petrovic tipped over his powerful header There was tension at the end between the two coaches Strasbourg s English coach Liam Rosenior claimed he had to wait five minutes before Monaco counterpart Adi H tter shook his hand which H tter refuted It s the first time in years of my career that I have heard something like this H tter announced I ve coached in various countries taken charge of games I ve been in France for two years and a coach never revealed I disappointed them AP soccer https apnews com hub soccer Source
