PSG beat Lyon to move 13 points clear at top of Ligue 1 | OneFootball

Scorers: Cherki 83', Tolisso 90+2'; Hakimi 53', 85', Dembélé 59'

PSG survived a late Lyon comeback to continue their unbeaten run in Ligue 1 and move further clear of Marseille in the race for the title.

Dominating the ball from the off, the Ligue 1 leaders should have taken the lead just 12 minutes in as in-form Ousmane Dembélé rounded the goalkeeper, only for his effort to be cleared off the line by Clinton Mata.

January signing Kvicha Kvaratskhelia was at the heart of all of PSG's good work, and went close himself as he fired wide after half an hour.

Despite their dominance though, it took until eight minutes into the second half for the visitors to take the lead, with their opening goal finally coming from flying fullback Achraf Hakimi.

The Moroccan defender ran onto a Bradley Barcola cross to side foot first time into the far corner of the net.

Five minutes later they had doubled their advantage, with Dembélé providing the finish.

Picking the ball up 30 yards from goal, the winger surged into the Lyon penalty area before picking out the top corner with a pinpoint effort, continuing his impressing goalscoring run.

Lyon pulled one back seven minutes from time after some excellent work from substitute Georges Mikautadze eventually saw the ball fall to Rayan Cherki, who slotted home from 10 yards out.

But any hopes of completing a comeback seemed almost immediately extinguished as Achraf Hakimi added his second of the night, but Lyon refused to be beaten, with Corentin Tolisso scoring two minutes into stoppage time to set up a nervy final few minutes.

However, they could not find an equaliser, with three points for PSG moving them 13 points clear at the summit of French football.

📸 OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE - AFP or licensors