PSG open up four-point lead over Lens thanks to narrow win against Le Havre

[p]Following their 5-4 aggregate victory over AS Monaco in the UEFA Champions League (UCL) on Tuesday night, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/psg/CjhkPw0k/"]PSG[/a] turned their attention back to Ligue 1 here.[/p][p]Luis Enrique’s side had ambitions of opening up a four-point lead at the top after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lens/IBmris38/"]RC Lens[/a] drew 1-1 against RC Strasbourg on Friday night, and Les Parisiens knew anything but three points would be a huge failure.[/p][p]As such, they looked to hammer home their superiority in the early stages. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hakimi-achraf/MqFBkBsp/"]Achraf Hakimi[/a] skimmed the left post with a strike from outside the box in the third minute following a corner, and the returning [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lee-kangin/YTVIJfxO/"]Lee Kang-in[/a] stung [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/diaw-mory/vJ2Mu476/"]Mory Diaw[/a]’s palms with a curled effort in the 24th minute.[/p][p][b]A period of early dominance eventually led to the breakthrough when Lee found [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/barcola-bradley/lhGD3RgS/"]Bradley Barcola[/a] with a pinpoint cross, with the Frenchman making no mistake by powering his header into the net.[/b][/p][p]Lee then missed a golden chance to double his side’s advantage on the stroke of half-time, sidefooting agonisingly wide under no pressure before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fernandez-pedro/21vHgloE/"]Dro Fernandez[/a]’s first PSG 'goal' was ruled out for offside by VAR.[/p][embed guid="f9e3de28-82cd-4c2b-b806-dba13ab8d716" url="https://x.com/PSG_English/status/2027866653015306277" social-type="twitter" /][p]PSG smelled blood after the break, and Barcola would have doubled his account for the night if he had directed a diving header on target.[/p][p]Nevertheless, trailing by a single goal, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/le-havre/CIEe04GT/"]Le Havre[/a] knew they were still in the game and fired a warning shot when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/soumare-issa/futJjw50/"]Issa Soumare[/a]’s strike from inside the box drew an outstanding stop out of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/safonov-matvey/zJF3W9Rq/"]Matvey Safonov[/a].[/p][p]Perhaps sensing that the hosts were growing in confidence, Enrique brought on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mendes-nuno/ne2xCTJj/"]Nuno Mendes[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/doue-desire/KIUWH2Jq/"]Desire Doue[/a] in an attempt to kill the game, and the pair were heavily involved in the final stages.[/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="93f05510-fab0-4e02-9cd2-76c838466ece" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="f0a0c714-921f-4c27-9a07-d65bde60645b" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]The former should have scored instead of shooting straight at Diaw, before Doue’s penalty was superbly stopped by the goalkeeper after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/douath-lucas/vuK0U09c/"]Lucas Gourna-Douath[/a]’s trailing leg brought him down in the area. [/p][p]Ultimately, the reigning European champions weren’t punished for their wastefulness - they amassed an xG of 3.88 - meaning they are now unbeaten in 12 meetings dating back to 1999.[/p][p]Defeat for Le Havre, meanwhile, leaves them 13th in the table, although they are still a comfortable nine points clear of the relegation zone. [/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/barcola-bradley/lhGD3RgS/"]Bradley Barcola[/a] (PSG)[/b][/p][image alt="Match momentum" id="0b32b2c5-fbe6-4293-940d-d8e742e7e162" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="1beac150-6925-437e-869b-249e8fa537a2" original-width="1920" original-height="1080" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/le-havre-CIEe04GT/psg-CjhkPw0k/summary/stats/?mid=0lnzDlx1"]Click here for more stats from the match.[/a][/b][/p]