April 28, (THEWILL) – Paris Saint-Germain squandered the chance to secure another Ligue 1 title on Saturday after playing out a 3-3 draw at home to struggling Le Havre in their last game before facing Borussia Dortmund in the UEFA Champions League semifinals.
PSG would have been confirmed as champions for a French record-extending 12th time and a 10th in 12 seasons, with a win against a side, who began the day in the relegation play-off place. However, in the end they needed a 95th-minute goal by Goncalo Ramos just to salvage a draw after finding themselves 3-1 down at one point in the second half.
Bradley Barcola had equalised for PSG in the first half, cancelling out Christopher Operi’s opener, but Ghana star Andre Ayew quickly restored Le Havre’s lead and Abdoulaye Toure then converted a penalty just after the hour mark for the visitors. It looked like PSG were heading for just their second Ligue 1 loss of the entire campaign, but Achraf Hakimi pulled a goal back before substitute Ramos headed in to stretch their unbeaten run in the league to 26 games since September.
Luis Enrique’s team, who are on course for a possible treble of domestic league and cup and UCL, are 12 points clear at the top of the table from Monaco, who have just four games and 12 points left to play for. PSG could, therefore, still be crowned champions on Sunday, if Monaco fail to win their game away at Lyon.
However, the Qatar-owned outfit may otherwise have to wait another couple of weeks, their next Ligue 1 game, against Toulouse, will not be until May 12, after the two legs of their UCL showdown with Dortmund. PSG go to Germany for the first leg of that tie on Wednesday and Luis Enrique has been rotating his squad recently with Europe in mind.
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