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PARIS (Reuters) – Paris St Germain's Ligue 1 title celebrations were postponed on Sunday, as they lost their first points at home this season in a 2-2 draw against Racing. Strasbourg.
Victoire would have allowed PSG to win its eighth league title after Lille's previous 1-1 draw against Stade de Reims, but Sunday's draw left Thomas Tuchel's team on 81 points in 30 games. .
Lille, second, has 61 points in 31 matches.
The opening match of Eric Choupo-Moting was canceled by Nuno Da Costa before Anthony Goncalves gave the visitors in the 38th minute.
Thilo Kehrer equalized in the 82nd minute, but it was too little and too late for PSG who, until Sunday, had won its 15 league games against Parc des Princes this season.
With Kylian Mbappe on the bench and Angel Di Maria, Edinson Cavani and Neymar all injured, Choupo-Moting was the only striker on the pitch and he opened the scoring after 13 minutes of play.
He was later in the path of Christophe Nkunku's delicate chip, fiercely blocking the ball on the goal line to prevent his team from moving 2-1 after the equalizer of Da Costa in the 26th.
The superb volley from Goncalves at 18 meters gave the advantage to Strasbourg seven minutes before the break against a PSG team that had already been lagging for three minutes in Ligue 1 this season.
Tuchel finally sent Mbappe on the ground to take the place of Choupo-Moting. The French striker had an immediate impact, upsetting Strasbourg's defense with its devastating points.
Dani Alves' s approached a tying goal in the 69th minute, but his spectacular shot over the head squeezed on the crossbar.
PSG scored 2-2 just eight minutes from the end when Kehrer came home, but despite late efforts by Mbappe and Alves, the hosts were frustrated.
They will win their sixth title in the last seven seasons if they avoid defeat in Lille next Sunday.
(Report by Julien Pretot, edited by Pritha Sarkar and Clare Fallon)
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