Achraf Hakimi scored twice when Paris Saint-Germain survived a Lyon-Vechtback to win 3-2 and clearly move 13 points on the Ligue 1-summit.
The leaders of Luis Enrique had to wait until the 53rd minute for their opener, Hakimi Racing in Unmarked to repent of the wonderful delivery of Bradley Barcola on Sunday.
PSG doubled their lead only six minutes later when Khvicha Kvaratskhelia played a simple offload for Ousmane Dembele, who turned and turned before he arrested in the upper corner.
Rayan Cherki pulled one back for the hosts with seven minutes left, but benefited after the brilliant run of Georges Mikautadze and selfless assist.
Hakimi recovered PSG's two-target cushion only two minutes later, the full-back overlapping Lee Kang-in before he finished in the bottom corner.
Lyon, however, still offered the visitors a fear, with Captain Corentin Tolisso home from the 92nd minute delivery of Ainsley Maitland-Niles.
PSG managed to hold a victory that expanded their lead at the top of the table, after the defeat of Marseille against Auxerre on Saturday.
We win in Lyon! #Ligue1 | #Olpsg pic.twitter.com/ueadrafd3e
-Paris Saint-Germain (@psg_englait) 23 February 2025
Data Debrief: PSG's top half dominance continues
PSG has now won 11 games against teams in the upper half of the Ligue 1 table this season, most of each side of Europe's top five competitions.
The side of Luis Enrique also looked comfortable in this victory, which extended to 23 top matches that unbeaten this period (W18 D5) after a convincing version on the road.
The defeat of Lyon, on the other hand, saw them for the second time in their history suffering four Ligue 1 -losing in a row against PSG, after they had done this earlier between September 1981 and April 1983 (also four).
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