Paris Saint-Germain can count themselves fortunte to escape the Allianz Riviera with a mere one-goal defeat as they were dominated by a Nice side who fully deserved their victory. In a game where their ferocious front three were kept unsuaully quiet, Kylian Mbappe was sorely missed through his suspension as Angel di Maria, Lionel Messi and Neymar all struggled to grow into the game.
Ad/> Nice had the better of the encounter, and more pertinently, the chances, as Amine Gouiri went close early on with two chances inside the opening six minutes, at first forcing Keylor Navas into a save at the near post with a poked effort, and then curling just wide four minutes later after being set through by a combination of Kasper Dolberg and Khephren Thuram. Football'Living in a parallel world' – Ceferin outraged at timing of Super League relaunch03/03/2022 AT 12:35 Pablo Rosario steered a header over the bar when really he should have done better after a Melvin Bard delivery from the left, but that wasn't before Di Maria was stopped brilliantly by his compatriot Walter Benitez, who got a fingertip to a chipped finish to a superb counter that the Argentinian winger led all by himself from an initial Nice corner.
Dolberg was wasteful in front of goal with his numerous half-chances, and Messi and Neymar continued to complain about fair challenges from home defenders who marshalled them well. The referee took some flack from the home supporters as he appeared to be more than favourable to the league leaders in most of his decisions, but any sort of bias would come to no avail, as Nice would have the last laugh.
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