Mauricio Pochettino has admitted Paris Saint-Germain face an uphill struggle to retain their Ligue 1 title this season after they slipped to a bad-tempered defeat against main rivals Lille.
The Parisians were sunk by Jonathan David's first-half finish in a tussle between the top two at Parc des Princes, with the hosts' difficult Easter weekend compounded by Neymar's dismissal for a second yellow card following a fracas with Tiago Djalo late on.
With just seven matchdays to go, the result has left PSG three points adrift of their rivals at the summit and only one ahead of third-place Monaco, leaving their manager to acknowledge that the odds are stacked against them for a fourth successive title.