PLAYER RATINGS | PSG 3-0 Nantes: Khvicha Kvaratskhelia double sees off Les Canaris | OneFootball

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. Having started the move himself with an outside-of-the-boot pass down the wing for Dembélé, the Georgian received the ball back on the edge of the box, dribbled through the Nantes defence and beat Lopes to make it 3-0.

With PSG out of sight, the final half hour saw Luis Enrique grant some playing time to his backup players. Ibrahim Mbaye notably came on to make his first appearance in over a month, with the Senegal international having ostensibly been sidelined from the first team for several matches. 

While another substitute in Bradley Barcola was able to test Lopes a few times, the closing stages were otherwise an uneventful affair. Luis Enrique’s men re-established their four-point lead, while Nantes continue to hurtle towards relegation.

PSG player ratings

Matvey Safonov, 7

Achraf Hakimi, 6 – Replaced by Lucas Hernandez on the hour mark.

Ilya Zabarnyi, 7

Marquinhos, 6

Warren Zaïre-Emery, 6 – Replaced by Senny Mayulu for the final half-hour.

Lucas Beraldo, 7

João Neves, 7 – Fabián Ruiz took his place on the hour mark.

Dro Fernández, 6

Désiré Doué, 6

Ousmane Dembélé, 5 – Replaced by Bradley Barcola halfway through the second half.

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, 8 – Replaced by Ibrahim Mbaye halfway through the second half.

Selected Nantes player ratings

Anthony Lopes, 4

Louis Leroux, 5

Ibrahima Sissoko, 6

Johann Lepenant, 5

Matthis Abline, 5

GFFN | R Jucobin – reporting from the Parc des Princes