Back after the international break with a finally lighter infirmary, Paris Saint-Germain had to regain its place as leader of the Championship ahead of OM and RC Lens. For the occasion, Luis Enrique decided to rotate his squad before the clash against Tottenham. Zabarnyi partnered Beraldo in central defense and Mayulu started in midfield. After scoring his first goal with Senegal, Mbaye started in attack against a HAC team keen to go five matches without defeat.
Quickly, PSG logically took the game into their own hands, while remaining muddled and not very exciting offensively. Against the flow of play, Kechta had the best opportunity at the start of the match, but came up against a big save from Chevalier (14th), contested in recent weeks. And after a missed tackle from Beraldo, the French goalkeeper still saved his team on his line in front of the point-blank recovery from Ebonog (25th). But PSG pulled itself together and a decisive cross from Mendes found Kang-In Lee alone at the far post for the opener (1-0, 29th).
Lucas Chevalier silenced his detractors
For its part, the HAC did not lose hope after this goal conceded, but Kechta still came up against a Knight on the verge of having his best match since his arrival at PSG this summer (39th). Despite its domination, PSG was unable to make the break in the second half and left opportunities to a very playful HAC. But PSG then shifted gears on the hour mark and after a good action that Barcola failed to convert, Neves was able to resume to score the second goal with the help of the right post (2-0, 65th).
Despite this, Le Havre could not do better to reduce the score, because a good shot from Soumaré crashed into the post of a confident Chevalier (70th). And thanks to a perfect conclusion from Barcola, well launched by Kvaratskhelia at the end of the match (3-0, 88th), PSG won and regained its leading position before an important match in the Champions League with the reception of Tottenham on Wednesday. For its part, Le Havre (12th) ends its unbeaten streak and will have to pull itself together against Lille.
