Paris Saint Germain continued their march towards the Ligue 1 title as Marco Verratti inspired them to a 4-0 home victory against Stade de Reims Sunday as Lionel Messi made his first appearance of the year.
Italy midfielder Verratti found the back of the net for PSG for the first time since 2019, while Sergio Ramos scored his first goal for the capital side.
Wout Faes scored an own goal, and Danilo Pereira added another to put PSG on 53 points from 22 matches.
They lead Nice, who beat Metz 2-0 away earlier Sunday, by 11 points with Olympique de Marseille in third place two points further adrift but with a game in hand.
The defeat left Reims, who got off to a promising start at the Parc des Princes but faded after the opener, in 14th place on 24 points.
RESULTS
Metz 0 Nice 2 (Thuram 58, Gouiri 86-P)
Angers 2 (Mangani 25-P, 36-pen) Troyes 1 (Domingues 10)
Bordeaux 4 (Hwang 16, 38, 89, Elis 20) Strasbourg 3 (Gameiro 42, 56, Waris 90+6)
Clermont 2 (Da Cunha 59, Tell 70) Rennes 1 (Santamaria 18)
Nantes 4 (Girotto 38, Muani 52, Bukari 68, Geubbels 85) Lorient 2 (Moffi 55, Soumano 84)
Montpellier 3 (Wahi 13, Mavididi 32, 90+1) Monaco 2 (Yedder 34, Vanderson 81)
PSG 4 (Verratti 44, Ramos, Faes 67-og, Pereira 75) Reims 0