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04/22 14:12 CDT PSG bounces back to open 4-point lead in Ligue 1 with 4 rounds
remaining
PSG bounces back to open 4-point lead in Ligue 1 with 4 rounds remaining
PARIS (AP) --- Khvicha Kvaratskhelia scored twice as Paris Saint-Germain
recovered from its Ligue 1 loss to Lyon with a 3-0 victory over
relegation-threatened Nantes on Wednesday.
PSG's home win -- in a game postponed from mid-March to allow the team to
better prepare for its Champions League last-16 clash with Chelsea -- keeps it
four points above Lens with four rounds of the French league remaining.
Kvaratskhelia opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the 13th minute. It
was awarded after a VAR check penalized Nantes defender Frdric Guilbert for
handball because Marquinhos' header brushed against his arm.
Louis Leroux thought he'd equalized when he fired in a loose ball after PSG
failed to deal with a free kick, but the next VAR decision also went against
the visitors. After a lengthy delay, the goal was ruled out for offside.
There was nothing wrong with Desir Dou's brilliant goal in the 37th, when
Achraf Hakimi played him through before he left fly with a fierce strike from a
difficult angle inside the far corner.
Kvaratskhelia grabbed his second after the break, shimmying past two defenders
and poking the ball past Anthony Lopes in the Nantes goal.
Guilbert caught Dou with a bad challenge late on but the winger was able to
continue.
PSG, the title holder, faces Bayern Munich in the Champions League semifinals
with the first leg in Paris on Tuesday.
Later Wednesday, Strasbourg was hosting Nice in the second French Cup semifinal
after Lens defeated Toulouse 4-1 in the first on Tuesday.
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