PLAYER RATINGS | PSG 3-0 Nantes: Khvicha Kvaratskhelia double sees off Les Canaris
Ligue 1 Matchday 26 (postponed), 22/04/26Paris Saint-Germain re-established their four-point cushion at the top of the Ligue 1 table with a 3-0 win over Nantes in a fixture which had been postponed du...
PLAYER RATINGS | PSG 3-0 Nantes: Khvicha Kvaratskhelia double sees off Les Canaris Ligue 1 Matchday 26 (postponed), 22/04/26 Paris Saint-Germain re-established their four-point cushion at the top of the Ligue 1 table with a 3-0 win over Nantes in a fixture which had been postponed due to their European commitments. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia scored a double to take his tally for the season to 16. The match With last weekend’s results narrowing the gap between PSG and Lens to a single point, the league leaders’ midweek reception of Nantes had all of a sudden become a must-win match.
Although Luis Enrique had indicated that the club’s (self-inflicted) busy schedule over the next few weeks would lead to rotation, the Asturian opted for a first-choice eleven to take on Les Canaris. While relegation-battlers Nantes were on the back foot early on, PSG’s first clear chance to score came ten minutes in from a penalty decision after Ali Yusuf’s handball in the box . Khvicha Kvaratskhelia duly converted the penalty past Anthony Lopes.
The visitors, who were without their suspended manager Vahid Halilhodžić, appeared to have hit back ten minutes later through Louis Leroux. After a cross into the box was headed on by Cozza, the young midfielder beat Safonov with a well-taken half-volley. The goal was eventually ruled out by Clément Turpin for offside, however.
PSG eventually doubled their lead shortly before half-time, with Désiré Doué finding the top-left corner with a powerful strike from the edge of the box. By this point, the early resistance from the visitors had dissipated. Kvaratskhelia doubled his tally soon after the break.