FOXNews.com: After rare loss, PSG focused on Bordeaux

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After rare loss, PSG focused on Bordeaux Mar 23rd 2012, 17:41 Paris, France –  PSG suffered its first loss under coach Carlo Ancelotti earlier this week, but he insisted "I'm not worried." PSG was undefeated in 17 matches - 12 under Ancelotti - in all competitions until it fell to Lyon in the Coupe de France quarterfinals at home Wednesday, 3-1. Even after the loss, Ancelotti remained confident as his side glanced ahead to Sunday's Ligue 1 home match against Bordeaux. "So the first defeat has come," Ancelotti said. "We're disappointed to have been eliminated and now we need to focus on the league, where we have ten matches left to play. "I'm not worried; we just need to go out and win our next match." PSG sporting director Leonardo echoed his coach, saying "the fact that this is the first loss under Ancelotti changes nothing for us." The Paris side still sits atop the standings on 59 points, two better than top title rival Montpellier, with just 10 matches left in the season. And despite another exit from Cup play, it leaves just one target for PSG, and the Ligue 1 title would erase any disappointment from its domestic cup and its Europa League failures. Montpellier lost its first match since the turn of the New Year last week with a 1-0 loss to Nancy, then stumbled again in the Coupe de France on Wednesday. The second loss, to Gazelec Ajaccio, was a bigger shock, but with PSG still in sight, the club must rebound quickly. Sixth-place St. Etienne visits Montpellier on Saturday, and matches against Sochaux and Marseille follow on the schedule. PSG is unlikely to drop too many points, so Montpellier has to return to form against St. Etienne. Lyon will try to build on its win over PSG on Saturday when its host Sochaux. Coach Remi Garde called Lyon's win over PSG "one of our best performances of the season," and a third straight Ligue 1 win would keep the team in the hunt for third place and a Champions League spot. Also Saturday, Ajaccio hosts Lorient, Brest hosts Nancy, Evian hosts Lille, Nice hosts Marseille, and Valenciennes hosts Rennes. On Sunday, Dijon hosts Caen, and Toulouse hosts Auxerre in that day's other matches.

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