Lionel Messi scored the one aim of the sport within the first 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 stress on Christophe Galtier’s PSG to beat a Lyon facet 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 had 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.
Each side had extra probabilities and the ball did find yourself within the internet once more earlier than the top of the match, with Sergio Ramos nodding within the rebounded from a Messi free-kick that Lopes tipped onto the publish. However a flag was raised and it was dominated out for offside.
PSG have now received 4 Ligue 1 video games on the bounce since rescuing a 1-1 draw towards 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 sport towards Good to return after the worldwide break.