Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 Nantes: Kvaratskhelia double sends hosts four points clear

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 ft 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 evaluate as Kvaratskhelia coolly dispatched from 12 yards.

Ousmane Dembele continued PSG’s quick begin as his shot on the close to put up 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 Want 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 cross from the sting of the world, Kvaratskhelia brilliantly danced past Youssif and Frederic Guilbert earlier than curling the ball dwelling with aplomb.

Kvaratskhelia nearly 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 fitting put up with PSG seeing out the match with ease.

Three objectives.Three factors.

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— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_English) April 22, 2026

Knowledge Debrief: King Kvaratskhelia will get PSG again on observe

The strain was on PSG heading into this match as they stared the opportunity of shedding back-to-back Ligue 1 video games for simply the second time beneath 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 high 5 European leagues in all competitions.

Kvaratskhelia additionally completed with team-high totals for profitable dribbles (three), duels gained (six) and pictures heading in the right direction (three), whereas Doue (eight) had extra touches within the opposition field than PSG’s quantity seven (seven).

Luis Enrique’s group had been deserving of their win, too. They completed with an anticipated objectives (xG) complete of two.15 from their 14 pictures, whereas additionally proscribing Nantes to an xG tally of 0.87 from their 11 makes an attempt at Matvey Safonov’s web.