PSG sweep past Nimes
04 February, 2021
Paris Saint-Germain shrugged off the lack of a good suspended Neymar to beat basement area Nimes 3-0 in Ligue 1 on Wednesday, while crisis-reach rivals Marseille permit slip a two-goal business lead against Lens.
Angel di Maria pounced on a good misplaced move to steer PSG ahead on 17 minutes in the Parc des Princes, with Pablo Sarabia heading in a cross from the Argentine to double the benefit.
Thilo Kehrer rattled the crossbar at a corner before PSG goalkeeper Sergio Rico, again completing for the injured Keylor Navas, reacted sharply to idea over from Lamine Fomba.
Kylian Mbappe bagged a third for the hosts midway through the next half with a exceptional curling strike from 20 yards, his league-leading 15th goal of the growing season.
PSG surrendered top location at the weekend carrying out a shock 3-2 loss in Lorient, Mauricio Pochettino's first defeat since taking fee, and remain three factors again of leaders Lille ahead of Sunday's visit to Marseille.
"It's a good reaction following the disappointment of the defeat at Lorient," said Pochettino. "The team created possibilities and controlled the match."
"We didn't play both halves with the same intensity, the players certainly had Sunday's video game on their mind a bit," he added.
"We'll have to be at our best for 90 minutes in that case, just like in the Champions Trophy."
After three group defeats in a row, Marseille surged 2-0 in advance at Lens as Florian Thauvin and Arkadiusz Milik, making his first start for the club, struck nearby the end of the initially half.
But Florian Sotoca halved the deficit immediately after half-period and Facundo Medina flicked in the equaliser with one hour gone, the 2-2 pull leaving Marseille with just one single win in 10 game titles in all competitions.
Nasser Larguet, mind of the club's academy, took control of the group following a suspension of coach Andre-Villas-Boas on Tuesday. The Portuguese experienced earlier wanted to resign following a row over transfers.
"When you lead 2-0 you could have regrets, but I'm very pleased with the players," stated Larguet.
"They lived up to expectations regarding commitment. I take my hat off to them since it was hard physically by the end.
"I'm sure there's a solid link between your physical and mental aspect and recent incidents have left a tag on the players because these were very mounted on the coach."
Five in a row
Lille recorded their fifth consecutive victory with a 3-0 win in Bordeaux.
Yusuf Yazici, Timothy Weah and Jonathan David scored second-half goals mainly because Lille stayed out before chasing duo Lyon and PSG.
Turkey worldwide Yazici slammed a complete from Jonathan Bamba in to the roof of the net in 54 minutes as Lille eventually broke down Bordeaux.
US worldwide Weah then applied the finishing contact from a Luiz Araujo lay-off as the Brazilian ran free from the Bordeaux defence carrying out a blistering counter-attack only past the hour.
Lille goalkeeper Mike Maignan made a good superb reflex save to turn away Hwang Ui-jo's header, and the tourists added a past due third through Canadian substitute David.
"That which was the difference tonight? The squad and Mike (Maignan) who was simply important. Benoit (Costil) didn't have many saves to create and Mike acquired three, he stored us in the meet," explained Lille coach Christophe Galtier.
Lyon stay two items behind Lille after their 1-0 victory in struggling Dijon, who remain winless in the home this term.
Brazilian midfielder Lucas Paqueta collected a complete from Karl Toko Ekambi to slot on the game's sole goal in 22 minutes.
Monaco managed to get six wins from six found in the new year due to captain Wissam Ben Yedder netted twice found in a 2-1 victory above Cote d'Azur neighbours Good.
Ben Yedder's first-1 / 2 penalty was cancelled out by a Pierre Lees-Melou goal, however the France striker rifled in a free-kick from distance to hold Niko Kovac's side within touch of the most notable three.
Fifth-located Rennes conceded a past due equaliser in a 1-1 draw at home to resurgent Lorient.
Metz extended their unbeaten run to six matches carrying out a 1-1 draw with Montpellier, even though Brest drew 2-2 in Strasbourg and the overall game between Reims and Angers finished goalless.
Raymond Domenech's visit a first win seeing that Nantes boss continues carrying out a 1-1 draw at Saint-Etienne.
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