European football: Doué’s late winner takes PSG to verge of Ligue 1 title

Paris Saint-Germain left it late to earn a 1-0 home win over Brest on Sunday to all but guarantee a fifth successive Ligue 1 title as Désiré Doué came off the bench to score an 82nd-minute winner.

The victory advanced PSG to 73 points with two games left, six ahead of second-placed Lens, who also have two games remaining, and with a far superior goal difference. PSG require a single point from their next match at Lens on Wednesday to be mathematically certain of the title.

Brest were solid in defence through the first half against a much-changed PSG lineup but in the second half they were breached several times before Doué’s effort from the edge of the box secured a 23rd win of the Ligue 1 campaign.

Lille profited from a Denis Zakaria own goal as they won 1-0 at Monaco to move up to third in the standings, putting them on course for a Champions League berth next season.

Milan’s 3-2 defeat at home to Atalanta threw the race for Champions League places in Serie A wide open. Éderson, Davide Zappacosta and Giacomo Raspadori put the visitors 3-0 ahead after 51 minutes and goals from Strahinja Pavlovic (88) and Christopher Nkunku’s penalty in added time came too late to rescue a point.

It allowed Roma to join fourth-placed Milan on 67 points after they scored twice in added time to keep alive their Champions League hopes as they beat Parma 3-2.

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Mandela Keita gave the home side a 2-1 lead in the 87th minute but Devyne Rensch scrambled in the equaliser in the fourth minute of stoppage time and then won a penalty when he and the Parma defender Sascha Britschgi fell to the ground as they were tussling for the ball. The referee initially awarded a free-kick to Parma but then revoked his decision on video review, showing Britschgi a second yellow card — and awarding a penalty to Roma, which Donyell Malen converted in the 11th minute of stoppage time.

Cesc Fabregas’ Como secured European football for the first time in their history and are only two points behind Milan after a 1-0 win at already-relegated Verona guaranteed them at least a place in the Conference League.

Jamie Vardy’s first goal since January boosted Cremonese’s hopes of avoiding relegation as they beat nine-man Pisa 3-0.

Union Berlin’s Marie-Louise Eta became the first female head coach to win a game in European football’s top five men’s leagues as she oversaw a 3-1 victory against Mainz in the Bundesliga. Late goals from Oliver Burke in the 88th minute and Josip Juranovic in stoppage time turned a draw into a win to move Union up to 12th.

Two goals from Igor Matanovic were not enough to stop the Europa League finalists Freiburg losing 3-2 at Hamburg. The Bundesliga is set for a final-day relegation battle with three teams on the same number of points seeking one shot at survival after Heidenheim beat Köln 3-1. St Pauli, Heidenheim and Wolfsburg are all on 26 points.