Staff Reporter.
Paris St-Germain geared up for their Champions League trip to Barcelona with a 2-1 home win against Nice that sent them provisionally top of the Ligue 1 standings on Saturday.
Julian Draxler put the defending champions ahead from a rebound after Mauro Icardi hit the post.
Rony Lopes smashed home an equaliser off the underside of the bar after a poor Marquinhos pass – and Amine Gouiri went close to giving Nice the lead as he struck the bar.
But Moise Kean scored PSG’s winner from Icardi’s pull-back.
PSG – wearing a new pink and purple fourth kit – go above Lille, who play Brest on Sunday, on goal difference.
Lyon can go top if they beat Montpellier at 20:00 GMT on Saturday.
The result left Nice in 13th place with 29 points from 24 matches.
PSG, who face Barca in their Champions League last-16 first leg on Tuesday, were without three key players with Neymar and Angel Di Maria injured while Marco Verratti was nursing a knock he sustained in a 1-0 French Cup win at Caen on Wednesday.