After the expulsion of Moroccan international defender Ashraf Hakimi, Paris Saint-Germain suffered a humiliating loss at its “Parc de Princes” stadium against Lorient 1-3, Sunday, in the 33rd stage of the French Football League.

Saint-Germain played most of the match with ten players after Hakimi received a first yellow card in the fifth minute after a foul on Romain Favre, before he got the second and was sent off in the 20th minute after a second foul on Cameroonian Darlene Yongwa.

Leader Saint-Germain suffered its first loss after 3 successive victories, its sixth this season, and the third in its own home, but despite that, it maintained the eight-point difference between it and its direct chaser Marseille, who will play later against Auxerre at the end of this evening's competitions (75 versus 67).

The capital club is also 9 points ahead of Lens III, who plays Tuesday with Toulouse.

Lorient advanced through Enzo Le Vie (15), and St. Germain equalized thanks to Kylian Mbappe, who benefited from a fatal mistake by Swiss goalkeeper Yvonne Mfugo, who put the ball on the ground and fixed it despite the referee not blowing his whistle, so the French international striker took advantage of it to pounce on it and turn it into the net. (29).

Mbappe raised his score to the top of the scorers to 23 goals, two goals ahead of Canadian Jonathan David, Lille striker.

Lorient added the second through his Cameroonian defender Yongwa (39), before dealing the final blow to the leaders' hopes to return with a third goal from Senegalese substitute Bamba Dieng (89).

It is the first time since 1989 that Saint-Germain has scored at home for the eighth time in a row.

"Obviously it's disappointment, not anger, but we have to analyze the situation properly," said Saint-Germain coach Christophe Galtier. "It's an additional defeat that doesn't really come at the right time, but when we start the game like we did, we can't get another result."

For his part, the football advisor in the Portuguese capital club, Luis Campos, demanded a reaction from his team after the defeat against Lorient, based in an interview with Canal Plus, "understanding the criticism."

"I want to tell the fans that we understand they are disappointed," he said. "We are disappointed too. The most important thing is to respond quickly. We've been on top since day one, there are five games to go and we have to keep our work going".
Montpellier inflicted a humiliating loss on its host, Monaco, 4-0, so that the fourth place of the Principality team became threatened by Lille, which was only two points away from it.

Monaco continued to decline recently, becoming 14 points away from leaders Paris Saint-Germain, who will receive Lorient at a later time, knowing that Lille will visit Louis II Stadium after two weeks.

On the other hand, since the return of coach Michel Der Zakarian, Montpellier rose from the relegation-threatened positions to the warm twelfth, as it scored 23 points in 11 matches.

And after a humiliating fall on the ground of Lens last week by Wissam Ben Yedder and his companions, the quadruple yield came this time, bearing the signature of Arno Nordan (28 and 72), Vito Mawasa (65), and the Englishman Stevie Mavididi (79).

Angers, bottom of the standings, was relegated to the second division, losing to host Rennes 2-4.

Rennes raised its score to 53 points in sixth place, while Angers, which suffered its 25th loss this season, froze at 14 points.

Clermont-Ferrand beat its guest Reims 1-0, and Nice beat its host Troyes, with the same result.
The stage competitions will end on Wednesday with Brest's meeting with Nantes.