Achraf Hakimi scored twice as Paris Saint-Germain survived a Lyon fightback to win 3-2 and move 13 points clear at the Ligue 1 summit. (More Football News)
Luis Enrique's leaders were made to wait until the 53rd minute for their♒ opener, Hakimi racing in unmarked to conve𝔍rt from Bradley Barcola's delightful delivery on Sunday.
PSG doubled their lead just six minutes later when𒈔 Khvicha Kvaratskhelia played a simple offload for Ousmane Dembele, who twisted and turned before arrowing i🦂nto the top corner.
Rayan Cherki pulled one back for the hosts with seven minute🃏s remaining, howꦯever, capitalising after Georges Mikautadze's brilliant run and selfless assist.
Hakimi restored PSG's two-goal cushion only two minutes later, the full-back overlapping Lee Kang-In before finishingﷺ into the bottom corner.
Lyon still offered the visitors a scar🦂e, though, with captain Corentin Tolisso heading home from Ainsley Maitland-Niles' 92𝐆nd-minute delivery.
PSG managed to hold on for a victory that extended their lead at the top of the table, following Marseille's defeat to ꦅAuxerre on Saturday.
Data Debrief: PSG's top-half dominance continues
PSG have now won 11 matches against t♚eams in the top half of the Lig🐎ue 1 table this season, the most of any side across Europe's top five leagues.
Luis Enrique's side looked comfortable in this away win, too, ﷽extending to 23 top-flight matches unbeaten this term (W18 D5) after a convincing performance on the road.
By contrast, Lyon's defeat saw them suffer four Ligue 1 losses i🐼n a row against PSG for just the sec🦋ond time in their history, having previously done so between September 1981 and April 1983 (also four).
