K. Mbappé has scored a goal for PSG! Assist by T. Pembélé.
Pembele guarantees his place in PSG folklore, as the young man lays on a short pass from the right side of the box for Mbappe to score his record-breaking goal.
MBAPPE MAKES HISTORY! Moments after being denied again by Lafont from close range, Mbappe receives the ball from Pembele near the penalty spot, turns his marker and fires home his 201st PSG goal! That makes him the club's all-time top scorer, at the age of 24! It's now 4-2 to Paris and that's game over!
90' +1
Into the first minute of at least five indicated for stoppages, Nantes are being frustrated in their attempts to get the ball forward and snatch a late equaliser.
89'
Following a big build-up, Mbappe curls a tame shot straight at Lafont from the free-kick, and it's an easy save for the Nantes goalkeeper. Goal 201 will have to wait!
88'
A driving run from outside to in by Mbappe tempts Coco into an ill-advised tackle, and the latter brings his opponent down to concede a free-kick, around 20 yards out on the left.
86'
T. Pembélé enters the game and replaces W. Zaïre-Emery.
One PSG youngster is replaced by another, as Zaire-Emery makes way for the more defensive option of Pembele.
85'
Simon wins another corner near the left byline, this time by luring Vitinha into a tackle. However, his subsequent cross is cut out by the first man, much to his team-mates' frustration.
83'
A display of dancing feet from Simon sees Soler turned inside and out, with the latter glad to concede a corner when in trouble just inside his own box. Nantes fail to force a chance from the set-piece, though.
81'
Guessand comes on for Sissoko, providing a fresh pair of legs for the final few minutes as Nantes hunt a leveller.
Nantes make their final two changes. First, Ganago is replaced by Coco.
80'
M. Coco enters the game and replaces I. Ganago.
E. Guessand enters the game and replaces M. Sissoko.
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77'
Marquinhos can't continue due to injury, so Bitshiabu is sent on to replace PSG's stricken skipper.
76'
E. Bitshiabu enters the game and replaces Marquinhos.
Marquinhos pulls up in pain after a challenge inside his own half and then crumples to the ground. It does not look good for the Paris captain, and their injury woes seem set to deepen.
73'
Almost making an immediate impact, Simon picks up the ball on the left side of the area, but after sending over a dangerous cross, Nantes' move is then ended by a flag raised for offside.
71'
Carlos Soler enters the game and replaces N. Mukiele.
Galtier responds to Nantes' substitutions by bringing off Mukiele, with Soler being sent on instead.
70'
João Victor enters the game and replaces J. Hadjam.
M. Simon enters the game and replaces N. Pallois.
Kombouare decides to put Hadjam out of his misery, as after scoring an own goal and almost giving away a penalty, the young full-back is replaced by Simon.
Pallois, still sporting a knee brace, is also withdrawn; Joao Victor comes on in his place.
69'
Andrei Girotto gets yellow.
Mostafa Mohamed enters the game and replaces F. Mollet.
Nantes make a triple change. First, Mollet makes way for Mohamed.
For clearly sending Zaire-Emery tumbling to the turf with a shove, Girotto is shown a yellow card.
67'
SHARP STOP! Messi's free-kick from the right side of the area is whipped towards the near post, but Lafont is equal to it, punching the ball away decisively from the bottom corner!
63'
J. Hadjam gets yellow.
Hadjam drags back Mukiele right on the edge of the area and is booked for such a clear foul.
60'
Danilo Pereira has scored a goal for PSG!
PARIS BACK IN FRONT! Following a corner-kick, Paris recycle the ball and it ends at the feet of Mbappe on the right side of Nantes' box. He coolly looks up and picks out Danilo with a precise cross, and the latter simply thumps a header past Lafont from close range and into the back of the net! 3-2 to PSG: what a game!
58'
Hadjam sprints down the left to pick up the ball on the edge of the area, but his cutback from near the byline is plucked out of the air by Donnarumma.
56'
The visitors have their first sustained spell of possession in the second half, allowing them to inch a little further upfield. However, they then lose the ball midway through PSG's half and must immediately retreat.
54'
Mbappe and Mendes combine well down the left, causing a moment of consternation in the Nantes defence, but Girotto makes a smart block and diverts the immediate danger.
52'
Mukiele slumps to the turf in anguish. After he breaches the Nantes defence down the right, latching onto Messi's low throughball, his cutback is badly mishit and leaves Mbappe with no chance of converting his 201st PSG goal.
50'
Much like in the first half, Paris are dominating the early stages of the second, with Nantes barely having a touch and instead banked tightly just in front of their penalty area.
48'
After Messi spins sharply on the edge of the area, his pass to Vitinha is not quite brought under control by the Portuguese midfielder, allowing Mollet to scramble the ball away to relative safety.
46'
Nantes kick off the second half, and we are back under way at Parc des Princes!
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HALF-TIME: PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN 2-2 NANTES
40'
Centonze concedes a corner, but Paris can't make the most of the opportunity, and there is an air of confusion at the Parc des Princes now: how have the home side thrown away such a comfortable advantage?
38'
I. Ganago has scored a goal for Nantes! Assist by F. Mollet.
Mollet's cross from a corner is aimed at the near post and is then flicked into the net by Ganago.
NANTES PULL LEVEL! What a comeback by Les Canaris! Ganago strikes for a fifth time against PSG, with a flick-on from Mollet's right-sided corner! The hosts were all at sea in the six-yard box, and their goalkeeper will have plenty of questions to answer after this first-half performance. Incredibly, it's now 2-2!
35'
Nantes are certainly growing in confidence now, as Zaire-Emery feels the need to halt Centonze's run from midfield and concedes a free-kick.
31'
L. Blas has scored a goal for Nantes! Assist by J. Hadjam.
NANTES HIT BACK! An incredible opportunist strike by Blas brings the visitors back into it! With nothing else on after he evades both Mukiele and Vitinha on the left byline, the Nantes winger slams a powerful shot past Donnarumma at the near post! It was not great goalkeeping, but credit must go to the goalscorer. It's just 2-1 to Paris now!
Assist Jaouen Hadjam
29'
Nantes' first sustained attacking move comes to an end when a hopeful outswinger from the left flank by Hadjam is easily cleared by the Paris defence, and Les Canaris just seem to lack any conviction in the final third.
27'
Blas is sent tumbling off the pitch by a challenge from Mukiele near the touchline, and the Nantes man nearly sends Paris boss Galtier flying! In the end, a few specks of turf on the coach's shoes is the only damage.
25'
Caught out of position by Blas on the left touchline, Ramos holds on a little too tight to his opponent for the referee's liking and gives away a free-kick. Nantes fail to make anything of a rare attacking opportunity, though, and normal service is soon resumed.
23'
Mbappe's dinked throughball, designed to meet another Mendes surge into the area from the left, is marginally overhit and spins away off the turf, allowing Lafont to intervene before the full-back reaches it.
19'
Following persistent play from Vitinha just outside the Nantes area, the ball breaks nicely for Messi 20 yards out from goal. However, his instinctive chipped finish lacks the requisite power and merely floats straight into the gloves of Lafont.
17'
J. Hadjam is unfortunate, scores an own goal!
PARIS STRETCH THEIR LEAD! After Ruiz is twice denied with throughballs on the edge of the box, Mendes pounces onto a loose ball from the latter, before sweeping the ball across goal again. Just as opposite full-back Mukiele is about to apply the finishing touch at the back post, Hadjam bundles the ball into the empty net! His own goal puts Paris two goals ahead!
12'
L. Messi has scored a goal for PSG!
MESSI STRIKES! A goal made and finished by the World Cup winner puts Paris 1-0 ahead! Having started the move by dropping deep to curl a perfect pass to the left, Messi then beats Pallois to a deflected cross by Mendes, poking the ball into the bottom corner from close range! Clinical stuff!
10'
It's been a steady start from Nantes, whose deep-lying back five continuously shuffles side to side in order to block every conceivable route to goal for Paris.
8'
Under pressure from Mbappe near the byline, Centonze is forced to turn the ball behind for a corner. From the subsequent set-piece, Lafont has to parry away a header struck straight at him in the centre of the goal, before the assistant's flag goes up for offside.
6'
Ruiz and Mendes are a little too deliberate in their build-up play down the left, and when the former loses the ball, Marquinhos is then penalised for a shove on Blas.
4'
After an awkward clearance by an off-balance Ramos concedes the first corner of the game, Mollet sends over an inswinging cross towards the penalty spot, which is comfortably headed away to safety.
3'
As expected, it has been all Paris in the early stages, as they pass the ball about with purpose, probing for an opening in the wall of yellow shirts ahead of them.
1'
Following a minute's applause to recognise the passing of French goalscoring legend Just Fontaine, the hosts kick off, and we are under way in Paris.
Hello and welcome to live coverage of today's Ligue 1 clash between Paris Saint-Germain and Nantes at the Parc des Princes!
In between their 3-0 victory in Le Classique and next week's crucial Champions League second leg, Paris Saint-Germain continue their defence of the Ligue 1 title today. Marseille were brushed aside by Les Parisiens last weekend, as a brace for Kylian Mbappe took the French star level with Edinson Cavani as PSG's top scorer of all time on 200 goals. As a result, Paris opened up an eight-point lead at the top of the table. Having lost only one of their last 75 home games against clubs inside the bottom half of the standings, they may be confident of success, though that lone loss came against Nantes back in March 2021.
While they continued their defence of the Coupe de France by beating Lens 2-1 in midweek - two weeks on from losing to them in the league - Nantes have lost three of their last five Ligue 1 matches. Having been beaten in just one of their previous 10, that reprsents a sharp decline in form for Les Canaris, who are only seven points clear of drop zone - they also crashed out of the Europa League last month. Former PSG boss Antoine Kombouare saw his side thumped 4-0 by Paris in the Trophee des Champions last summer before losing 3-0 at Stade de la Beaujoire back in September; they have also won only two Ligue 1 away games this season.
SUBS: Sergio Rico, Alexandre Letellier, Carlos Soler, Timothee Pembele, Hugo Ekitike, El Chadaille Bitshiabu, Ismael Gharbi, Juan Bernat.
NANTES (5-4-1): Alban Lafont; Fabien Centonze, Andrei Girotto, Jean-Charles Castelletto, Nicolas Pallois, Jaouen Hadjam; Ludovic Blas, Samuel Moutoussamy, Moussa Sissoko, Florent Mollet; Ignatius Ganago.
SUBS: Remy Descamps, Denis Petric, Mostafa Mohamed, Joao Victor, Evann Guessand, Lohann Doucet, Pedro Chirivella, Moses Simon, Marcus Coco.
The players are out on the pitch at Parc des Princes, and kick-off is now just moments away!
That's all from Paris today, so thank you for joining us and goodbye!
While PSG move on from their 20th league win of the season to contest the second leg of their glamour tie with Champions League opponents Bayern Munich next time out, Nantes will be under pressure to beat Nice in eight days time, as they continue to slip down the standings.
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