Lionel Messi scored the one aim of the sport in the primary 5 minutes as Paris Saint-Germain noticed off Lyon to return to the Ligue 1 summit.
Marseille’s draw with Rennes earlier on Sunday had briefly despatched them prime of the desk, placing the strain on Christophe Galtier’s PSG to beat a Lyon aspect who had began the season properly however have fallen off the tempo in current weeks.
Messi’s aim was the primary actual motion of the sport. The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner exchanged passes with Neymar, earlier than stroking the ball into the underside nook along with his left foot.
PSG had probabilities to increase their lead twice by means of Kylian Mbappe, however Lyon have been hardly out of it and shortly Gianluigi Donnarumma was known as into motion on the different finish to disclaim each Toko Ekambi and Alexandre Lacazette a couple of minutes aside.
The guests did regain the ascendancy and went very near including a second aim when Castello Lukeba cleared one off the goal-line from Messi after dummying goalkeeper Anthony Lopes.
Both sides had extra probabilities and the ball did find yourself in the web once more earlier than the tip of the match, with Sergio Ramos nodding in the rebounded from a Messi free-kick that Lopes tipped onto the submit. But a flag was raised and it was dominated out for offside.
PSG have now gained 4 Ligue 1 video games on the bounce since rescuing a 1-1 draw in opposition to Monaco final month and haven’t conceded in any of them. Their lead on the prime of the desk is 2 factors over Marseille, with a house recreation in opposition to Nice to return after the worldwide break.
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