Paris Saint-Germain opened up a four-point hole to Lens within the Ligue 1 title race as Khvicha Kvaratskhelia’s brace helped seal a snug 3-0 win over Nantes on Wednesday.
After lacking the possibility to tug away from second place on the weekend following a defeat to Lyon, PSG returned to profitable methods to edge nearer to retaining their top-flight crown.
Parc des Princes was on its toes within the thirteenth minute after Ali Youssif was adjudged to have dealt with the ball inside the world when difficult Marquinhos for a header, with the spot-kick awarded after a VAR overview as Kvaratskhelia coolly dispatched from 12 yards.
Ousmane Dembele continued PSG’s quick begin as his shot on the close to submit was thwarted by Nantes captain Anthony Lopes, however Luis Enrique’s facet doubled their tally quickly after.
A sweeping counter led to Achraf Hakimi cleverly slipping Need Doue in behind, with the Frenchman taking a contact earlier than firing a sensational effort into the top-left nook.
The Parisians ended the primary half within the ascendency as Dembele rippled the side-netting, and it took them simply 5 minutes after the restart to take the sport totally past Nantes.
Having collected Dembele’s go from the sting of the world, Kvaratskhelia brilliantly danced past Youssif and Frederic Guilbert earlier than curling the ball house with aplomb.
Kvaratskhelia virtually bagged the match ball on the hour however noticed his header from Senny Mayulu’s nook tipped onto the crossbar by Lopes, with Fabian Ruiz additionally denied by the woodwork moments later as his deflected try hit the appropriate submit with PSG seeing out the match with ease.
Three objectives.
Three factors.#PSGFCN pic.twitter.com/eLxzVcLoEC
— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_English) April 22, 2026
Knowledge Debrief: King Kvaratskhelia will get PSG again on monitor
The stress was on PSG heading into this match as they stared the potential for dropping back-to-back Ligue 1 video games for simply the second time underneath Luis Enrique within the face, however they produced a champions’ response right here to tug away from Lens.
And their triumph was led by the in-form Kvaratskhelia. Since March 11, which was the date of their 5-2 thrashing towards Chelsea within the first leg of their Champions League final 16 tie, no participant has scored greater than the Georgian’s seven objectives amongst gamers within the prime 5 European leagues in all competitions.
Kvaratskhelia additionally completed with team-high totals for profitable dribbles (three), duels received (six) and pictures on track (three), whereas Doue (eight) had extra touches within the opposition field than PSG’s quantity seven (seven).
Luis Enrique’s crew have been deserving of their win, too. They completed with an anticipated objectives (xG) complete of two.15 from their 14 pictures, whereas additionally limiting Nantes to an xG tally of 0.87 from their 11 makes an attempt at Matvey Safonov’s web.
