Goals from Lionel Messi and Sergio Ramos gave Paris St-Germain victory at Nice as they moved six points clear of Lens at the top of Ligue 1.
Sergio Ramos headed home from a Messi corner to make sure of the victory.
PSG keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma made excellent saves to deny Hicham Boudaoui and Nicolas Pepe in the first half.
Nice captain Dante latched on to a loose ball and saw his shot hit the bar and post before bouncing out, while Youssouf Ndayishimiye struck from the edge of the area but Donnarumma was down quickly to parry his effort away.
PSG have won eight of the last 10 Ligue 1 titles, and returned to winning ways after two league defeats.
Line-ups
Nice
Formation 5-4-1
- 1Schmeichel
- 33MendySubstituted forRosarioat 68′minutes
- 55Ndayishimiye
- 25Todibo
- 4Costa Santos
- 26BardSubstituted forBrahimiat 68′minutes
- 29Pépé
- 16RamseySubstituted forBarkleyat 83′minutes
- 28BoudaouiSubstituted forLabordeat 75′minutes
- 19ThuramBooked at 88mins
- 9MoffiSubstituted forBouananiat 83′minutes
Substitutes
- 8Rosario
- 11Barkley
- 14Brahimi
- 21Beka Beka
- 24Laborde
- 35Bouanani
- 37Belahyane
- 38Amraoui
- 90Bulka
PSG
Formation 3-5-2
- 99G Donnarumma
- 5Marquinhos
- 4Ramos
- 15Danilo
- 2Hakimi
- 17Vitinha
- 18Renato SanchesSubstituted forRuizat 10′minutes
- 28SolerSubstituted forZaïre-Emeryat 89′minutes
- 25Nuno MendesSubstituted forBitshiabuat 77′minutes
- 30Messi
- 7Mbappé
Substitutes
- 8Ruiz
- 16Rico
- 31Bitshiabu
- 33Zaïre-Emery
- 35Gharbi
- 37Housni
- 44Ekitike
- 90Letellier
- Referee:
- Jeremie Pignard
- Attendance:
- 34,456
Live Text
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Match ends, Nice 0, Paris Saint Germain 2.
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Second Half ends, Nice 0, Paris Saint Germain 2.
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Attempt missed. Ross Barkley (Nice) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Billal Brahimi.
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Offside, Paris Saint Germain. Lionel Messi tries a through ball, but Kylian Mbappé is caught offside.
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Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Warren Zaïre-Emery replaces Carlos Soler.
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Khéphren Thuram (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Vitinha (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Khéphren Thuram (Nice).
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Corner, Nice. Conceded by Sergio Ramos.
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Attempt missed. Billal Brahimi (Nice) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Nicolas Pépé.
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Substitution, Nice. Badredine Bouanani replaces Terem Moffi.
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Substitution, Nice. Ross Barkley replaces Aaron Ramsey.
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Attempt saved. Billal Brahimi (Nice) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Khéphren Thuram.
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Attempt missed. Gaëtan Laborde (Nice) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Terem Moffi.
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Corner, Nice. Conceded by Sergio Ramos.
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Corner, Nice. Conceded by Vitinha.
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Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. El Chadaille Bitshiabu replaces Nuno Mendes.
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Goal! Nice 0, Paris Saint Germain 2. Sergio Ramos (Paris Saint Germain) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Dante.
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Attempt blocked. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marquinhos with a headed pass.
