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90' +5
FULL TIME: NANTES 1-2 PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN.
90' +4
The free-kick comes in to Wague, but he can't his header on target and Meunier brings the ball clear.
90' +2
L. Kurzawa gets yellow.
Kurzawa is booked for a foul on Emond, hooking his boot around the ankle. Nantes will have one last chance to swing a free-kick in.
90' +1
C. Benavente enters the game and replaces L. Blas.
Bristol comes on for Blas.
90'
Á. Di María gets yellow.
Di Maria is booked for a foul, and Nantes boss Gourcuff is booked shortly after.
89'
Verratti wins a free-kick from Louza inside his own half.
85'
C. Traoré gets yellow.
Traore is booked for a foul. The PSG players weren't happy about it, immediately converging on the referee.
84'
Five minutes to go. Have Nantes got another attack in them?
82'
L. Paredes enters the game and replaces Pablo Sarabia.
PSG make a second change, Paredes coming on for Sarabia.
79'
Blas does really well to keep a cross in play at the right touchline. He plays it back infield and a shot comes in, but it's blocked straight away. PSG counter but the move breaks down at the edge of the area.
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78'
J. Draxler enters the game and replaces M. Icardi.
Tuchel makes his first change, replacing Icardi with Draxler.
77'
The free-kick comes in from the left, and is headed well away. A shot then comes in from Ruiz, but his effort from range goes well wide.
76'
T. Meunier gets yellow.
Nantes are having to put everything on the line now. This time PSG come down the right and Mbappe is teed up in a pocket of space in the area, but Wague gets across to block the shot.
Meunier is booked for a foul on the Nantes left.
72'
Nantes have got their tails up now. Kimpembe does well to dispossess Simon at the edge of the area but the ball spins away to Louza. He tries his luck from range, but Navas gets behind the shot and makes a simple catch.
71'
Di Maria fires a free-kick straight into the wall from a central location, about 25 yards from goal.
70'
With 20 minutes still to play, don't expect PSG to try and sit on the lead and close the game out. They'll keep coming.
68'
M. Simon has scored a goal for Nantes!
GOOOAAL! Nantes are back in it, Simon with a goal out of nowhere! Verratti fires a pass back towards Kimpembe at the halfway line, and the defender's attempted flick to Kehrer scuffs into the path of the Nantes forward. He carries it into the area, holding off the pair of defenders before moving onto his left foot and sweeping the ball around Navas.
67'
After a free-kick from the left isn't properly cleared, Bamba shoots from the edge of the area, but his low right-footed effort fizzes wide to the left of goal.
66'
R. Emond enters the game and replaces A. Touré.
The first change of the evening comes from Nantes, as Emond enters the fray in place of Toure.
65'
Meunier controls a cross-field pass at the right corner of the penalty area, but can't do anything with it and strokes it back towards the halfway line.
64'
Both sides have subs out warming up on the touchline as we move into the final portion of the game. Draxler is one of those who looks as though he might be coming on.
60'
The second goal surely kills the game off. Nantes looked like they were hoping to keep it at 1-0 and push for a late equaliser, but they haven't looked like a team that will score twice tonight.
57'
T. Kehrer has scored a goal for PSG! Assist by Á. Di María.
GOAL! 2-0 PSG, Kehrer gets his name on the scoresheet! It's an excellent corner from Di Maria, an inswinger from the right. Kehrer meets it at the edge of the six-yard box, flicking a header into the side netting at the far post.
Di Maria gets the assist for a well-delivered corner, which he did well to win himself. Persistence pays.
56'
Traore initially does well to stand his ground and win the ball from Di Maria at the edge of the area but he dallies in possession and loses it as he tries to take it past the Argentine. Di Maria bursts into the area, and his cross deflects behind for a corner.
54'
Ruiz and Girotto combine to cut off Mbappe's route to the left byline, but PSG get the corner. Di Maria delivers well to the centre of the area, but Kurzawa is beaten to the header.
53'
Verratti chips a delicate diagonal pass from left to right at the edge of the area, but it's just out of reach for Di Maria and it bounces behind.
51'
Verratti puts pressure on Abeid in midfield, but the Nantes man keeps his head and keeps hold of possession.
49'
Mbappe gets to the left byline again, but his cross to Sarabia is at an awkward height and the Spaniard can't adjust to turn it towards goal.
47'
Girotto meets the corner, but misjudges his leap slightly and it bounces over off his shoulder.
Nantes win an early corner on the left. Bamba pressures Kehrer, and Navas can't keep his pass from going behind.
45' +2
HALF-TIME: NANTES 0-1 PSG
45' +1
Nantes clear the corner at the near post. There'll be two minutes of stoppage time at the end of the first half.
45'
The game is back underway, but Toure is moving with a pronounced limp and Nantes have a sub warming up on the touchline.
Mbappe has time to cross from the left, and loops a good right-footed ball in towards the edge of the six-yard box. Icardi gets ahead of it and ends up directing his header back away from goal, but it deflects off the chest of Wague and out for a corner.
We're back underway, Nantes get the ball rolling. 45 minutes to find a winner. Or a draw.
41'
Nantes win a corner on the left, which Bamba takes short. Simon pulls off a quick stepover to make room for a cross, but lifts his delivery too high for anybody in the area.
40'
Kimpembe very confidently chests a cross back into the hands of Navas.
38'
An awkward cross into the area from Meunier on the right is only just dealt with by Wague. The ball spins towards Icardi, but he can't react quickly enough and scuffs a snapshot wide.
37'
The Nantes free-kick is swung into the area and headed back across goal, but the offside flag goes up.
36'
M. Verratti gets yellow.
Bamba tries to inject some energy into proceedings with a burst down the left, but Verratti fouls Blas to kill the attack in the centre of the park and gets a yellow.
34'
The game has died down a bit since the goal went in. Neither side look desperate to add to the scoreline for the time being.
33'
The Nantes front two of Simon and Blas are attempting to pressure the PSG back line when they have the ball, but aren't quite getting close enough. When a man steps out of midfield to press with them, the away side look a little more panicked, but they're clearly wary of leaving space in the middle of the park.
31'
A fairly hopeful ball is punted over the top for Simon to chase, and Navas deals with it easily.
29'
M. Icardi has scored a goal for PSG! Assist by Á. Di María.
GOOAALL! PSG make the breakthrough, it's Icardi! Sarabia and Mbappe combine down the left, Mbappe winning himself a yard of space before pulling the ball back to the edge of the six-yard box, where Di Maria strokes home a simple finish. He celebrates but the goal is eventually given to Icardi, after it took a slight touch off his leg on the way in. That'll be a topic of discussion in the changing room.
Mbappe has another assist to add to his collection for a fairly simple run and pull-back. Some credit goes to Sarabia as well, as his run to the edge of the area helped win Di Maria the space to fire home off the leg of Icardi.
28'
Nantes counter down the left, filling the space left in behind Meunier. Their move breaks down at the edge of the area, and Di Maria is fouled shortly after.
27'
Meunier gets in behind down the right and looks to fire in a low cross from inside the area, but Wague gets it away.
25'
PSG get another free-kick, about 35 yards out in a central position. The ball that comes in from Di Maria is poor this time, and Kimpembe goes down for a moment after a clash of heads.
22'
Mbappe wins a free-kick deep on the left. Di Maria bends in a decent ball and Icardi meets it about eight yards out, but he glances his header wide.
21'
The referee hands the ball to Nantes, and they knock it back downfield to Navas to get the game back underway. Traore is back up and running - that ankle twist gave him a jolt, but he looks ok to continue after a healthy dose of magic spray.
18'
A second PSG penalty call is waved away! A bad pass from Girotto sends Icardi scampering after the ball in behind, but Petric just about gets to it first.
16'
PSG are finding their groove now, and Mbappe's involved in everything. He gets away from Ruiz with a quick body feint and crosses from the left side of the penalty area, but Traore does well to get ahead of Icardi and head clear at the back post.
15'
Some good work from Gueye in the middle of the park allows Di Maria and Icardi to combine and send Mbappe through on goal, but he's rushed into an ambitious chipped effort and it arcs way over the crossbar.
13'
The home side are doing well to keep PSG at arm's length, for the most part. Tuchel's side haven't been penetrative with their passing, though they have had 70 per cent of the possession so far.
11'
Abeid rises at the front post, but gets under it and heads well over the crossbar. Nantes have started pretty well despite the early scares from Icardi and Mbappe. They aren't here to shut up shop.
10'
Nantes get another corner on the left. Simon slips in Blas at the byline, but Kimpembe slides in to deflect his cross behind.
8'
Mbappe stretches his legs down the left, but his pass towards Icardi in the area is cut out by Traore.
7'
Nantes come forward down the left through Simon, but Kehrer gets across to snuff out the danger. The home side get a corner, which is easily cleared by Kurzawa.
4'
The resulting corner from the right is easily cleared.
2'
PSG keep hold of the ball for the first full minute, before Traore intercepts and puts it out for a throw-in on the PSG left, just inside the attacking half.
1'
We're off and running, PSG getting us underway.
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of this Ligue 1 fixture, as Thomas Tuchel takes his Paris Saint-Germain side to Christian Gourcuff’s Nantes.
PSG are, of course, heavy favourites here at the Stade de la Beaujoire. They’re 12 points clear at the top of the table, with the home side down in 10th and having lost their last three games in all competitions.
NANTES (4-2-3-1): Denis Petric; Charles Traore, Andrei Girotto, Molla Wague, Percy Ruiz; Abdoulaye Toure, Mehdi Abeid; Abdoul Kader Bamba, Imran Louza, Ludovic Blas; Moses Simon.
SUBS: Rene Krhin, Alexandre Olliero, Thomas Basila, Renaud Emond, Cristian Benavente Bristol, Josue Homawoo, Samuel Moutoussamy.
PSG (4-2-2-2): Keylor Navas; Layvin Kurzawa, Presnel Kimpembe, Thilo Kehrer, Thomas Meunier; Idrissa Gueye, Marco Verratti; Pablo Sarabia, Angel Di Maria; Kylian Mbappe, Mauro Icardi.
The teams are on their way out of the tunnel, and we’re just moments away from kick-off.
Nantes will probably be happy enough with a one-goal deficit at the break. They've threatened in fits and starts, and might have seen enough to believe they can get themselves level. One more goal for PSG probably kills the game off, though, and there are plenty of players capable of scoring it.
It wasn't a great PSG performance, but a 15-point lead is a 15-point lead. Second-placed Marseille travel to Saint-Etienne tomorrow. Nantes remain 10th for the time being, but Bordeaux and Strasbourg could both overtake them with the game they now each have in hand.
That's it from me here tonight. Until the next time, goodbye!
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