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Angel Di Maria PSG took advantage in the seventh minute, but Dembele equalized and Nabil Fekir scored the winning goal three minutes after halftime.
"I do not know if the loss was deserved." In the first half, she deserved it, but after half-time, we still dominated"said PSG striker Kylian Mbappe.
The defending champions still have 10 points ahead of Lille, second in the standings despite the defeat, with two games in hand, while Lyon strengthened its grip in third place, three points behind.
"We did what we had planned"Said Lyon coach Bruno Genesio," I do not think they're used to that in Ligue 1. "
All eyes will now turn to the Champions League for PSG, with only one match of the Coupe de France in third place Villefranche and a home game against Bordeaux before the clash of the last match at 16 against Manchester United at Old Trafford on 12 February.
Man United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and his badistant Mike Phelan were both present at the Groupama Stadium Sunday, just hours after their 1-0 Premier League win in Leicester.
The pair would have learned a lot by watching Lyon regularly cut PSG's defense against seemingly minimal resistance, while Mbappe took most of the offensive responsibility in the absence of the wounded Neymar.
"I do not worry about the Champions League," insisted Mbappe. "We have to take the match per match and wait for the Champions League. "
On paper, this seemed to be the toughest test remaining for PSG in its bid to go through the championship season without defeat, having won two of its 13 previous Ligue 1 visits to Lyon, losing seven.
But Thomas Tuchel's men have almost progressed inside In the first two minutes, Kylian Mbappe cleared the ball with the goal of shooting without restraint on goalkeeper Lyon Lopes.
The attack of the opposing team did not have to wait a long time before being able to strike, because Houssem Aouar yielded carelessly the possession of Julian Draxler, who went forward and went up the slope. Di Maria will score his 10th goal of the season.
– Lyon dominates –
But Lyon, who played six games without defeat in the league, quickly improved and missed two equal opportunities for goalkeeper Alphonse Areola, PSG goalkeeper, pushing Bertrand Traore at close range before Dembele nod.
Areola had to be alert again, placing himself to his right to ward off a vicious distant reader of Nabil Fekir, before producing a magnificent double shutdown of Traore and Memphis Depay.
However, a few seconds after another excellent rescue to deny Fekir, Areola was totally at fault for the equalizer of Lyon in the 33rd minute.
The 25-year-old striker misjudged the center of Leo Dubois, leaving Dembele the simplest tasks to lead in the net.
PSG almost took advantage at half-time, but Lyon central defender Jason Denayer scored an incredible dive header to prevent shooting near Draxler.
Lyon, who will face Barcelona in the last 16 of the Champions League, continued to dominate after the restart and was rewarded with a shot down when Dembele was defeated by Thiago Silva, with Fekir doing the rest.
This caused PSG in lifeand Lopes made two brilliant backups against Mbappe in just 20 seconds.
Mbappe was PSG's best hope of saving his undefeated record, but he saw Lopes hijack the ball before Celtic's former Dembele striker lost a golden opportunity to tie the points as He was again foiled by Areola.
But Lyon held despite all, ending the series of 21 games without defeat of his opponent in the high-end French.
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