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Paris Saint-Germain coach Laurent Blanc will be feeling the pressure this weekend as his stuttering side host minnows Evian in Ligue 1 action Sunday.
Both sides began the new year with a league defeat – although PSG have made progress past Montpellier and Saint-Etienne in the Cup while Marseille fell to Guingamp – allowing Lyon to take over top spot following a fifth straight win.
PSG come into this weekend's matches in fourth spot and four points behind Lyon as Saint-Etienne also overtook them last weekend.
They last won a league match on Dec. 6 and Blanc, who seems to be under pressure even when his side is winning, has been widely criticized in the press this week.
Popular sports daily newspaper l'Equipe described him as "isolated and fragile" ahead of a morale-boosting League Cup win over Saint-Etienne in midweek.
Lyon face a trip to struggling Lens Saturday hoping to maintain the momentum from a run of 10 wins and just one defeat in their last 12 league encounters.
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