18/01/2026

theSun on Sunday JAN 18, 2026

SPORTS 14 OUSMANE DEMBELE scored twice as cham pions Paris Saint-Germain climbed top of Ligue 1 on Friday with a dominant 3-0 win over Lille at a rainy Parc des Princes. Surprise packages Lens could return to the summit overnight should they win at Auxerre, but PSG coach Luis Enrique will be buoyed by a return to form from his top striker. Dembele won the Ballon d’Or last season but has suffered an injury-blighted season so far. His goals, including a stunning lob, yester

‘Magical’ Dembele Striker’s brace fires Paris Saint-Germain top in France

Bradley Barcola, a late substitute for an industrious but misfiring Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, clipped home the third in stoppage time, pouncing on a defen sive mix-up that left him with only Ozer to beat. PSG goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier had little to deal with over the 90 minutes. Fourth-placed Lille harried PSG into spilling several loose balls, one of which offered a half-chance to veteran Olivier Giroud, who chipped the ball onto the bar for an agonising near miss when they were only 1-0 down. PSG started with Dembele, Desire Doue and Kvaratskhelia in a line up similar to the one that beat Inter Milan in the Champions League final last May, but were missing key defender Achraf Hakimi, who will play in the African Cup of Nations final for Morocco on Monday. The Parisians won the league by 19 points last season but Lens have strung together a nine-match winning run in all competitions to keep pace with the European champions this season. “It was a difficult game. They were able to easily escape our pressure. That’s unusual because our pressing is usually effective,” PSG boss Enrique said. “Today, the first half was terrible without the ball, and with the ball we lacked precision and quality, so it was very difficult. “We were able to change the way we pressed a little bit in the second half, and that changed the game. “We had a better second half, but the result definitely doesn’t reflect the difference between Lille and Paris Saint-Germain in this game.

to see the best version of Ousmane defen sively, because we need a player like him with a defensive mentality. “He showed that last year and this year, he needs to continue like that. We need to improve that. “I think that today, Ousmane made some incredible offensive moves, but he’s lacking on the defensive side. He’s the leader of this team in that defensive aspect.” – AFP/Agencies

day will hearten the PSG faithful, how ever. A confident Dembele curled a sweet left-footed shot into the bottom corner from outside the box on 13 minutes to open the scoring. He then chipped Lille goalkeeper Berke Ozer from inside the box for a sumptuous second just after the hour mark. “That’s the magic of Ousmane, he can do anything, he’s just brilliant,” said teammate Warren Zaire-Emery after the game. He also netted shortly after the break, popping up unmarked at the far post only for an offside flag to deny him.

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another late twist in the tale. The Dutchman produced a cool finish back across goal into the bottom corner after a slick move involving Aidan Morris and Silvera. Middlesbrough open up a five-point lead over third-placed Ipswich in the race for a place in the Premier League next season. “The mentality of the players is the key thing here after the crowd goes unbe lievably crazy,” Middlesbrough head coach Kim Hellberg said via BBC Sport . “The game was almost done. We were controlling things and they scored a goal from almost nothing. “They got a lot of energy and have some very good players and then (for us) to come back from that and score a win ner in that way (was great). “It was not a long ball, it was not lucky, it was a top quality goal in the 90th min ute and that says everything about this group of lads.” – AFP/Agencies

DELANO BURGZORG’S 90th minute win ner moved Middlesbrough to within three points of Championship leaders Coventry as new West Brom boss Eric Ramsay’s debut at the Hawthorns ended in a 3-2 defeat. Boro appeared to be cruising to vic tory as they led 2-0 with 15 minutes remaining thanks to Charlie Taylor’s first half own goal and a fine strike by Samuel Silvera. However, Isaac Price kick-started a West Brom rally from a well-worked free-kick. Just five minutes later the home side were level when Ged Wallace slotted in from Samuel Iling-Junior’s cross. A former member of Manchester United’s backroom staff, Ramsay replaced the sacked Ryan Mason this week with the Baggies languishing in 18th in the table. And they remain 10 points adrift of the playoff places after Burgzorg provided

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