Ligue 1: PSG beats Nice 4-0 to regain first place; Toulouse scores Lorient

Dro Fernández scored his first goal for Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) as the side won 4-0 against struggling Nice on Saturday to regain top spot in Ligue 1.

The 18-year-old midfielder joined from Barcelona in January and scored his side’s third goal after being neatly set up by Ousmane Dembélé in the 81st minute.

PSG moved one point above Lens, which crushed Angers 5-1 on Friday.

Defending champions PSG have played one fewer match and the teams meet in Lens on April 11 in what could be a title decider.

Nice were level until a controversial handball decision earned PSG a penalty late in the first half. Désiré Doué’s shot was off target and lightly hit the arm of Nice midfielder Morgan Sanson, who had his back turned and was blind.

The referee awarded a penalty after video review and left back Nuno Mendes scored.

Mendes then set Doué up with a cross in the 49th minute and after Nice midfielder Youssouf Ndayishimiye was sent off on the hour mark, PSG added late goals from Fernández and right-back Warren Zaire-Emery.

Substitute Emersonn scored a late solo goal to give Toulouse a 1-0 home win against Lorient.

The Brazilian forward cut inside the penalty area, beat two defenders and fired in off the underside of the crossbar. The win moved Toulouse to ninth place.

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Toulouse goalkeeper Guillaume Restes needed short treatment in injury time after he took a powerful shot from Arsène Kouassi full in the face. He could continue.

Emersonn almost scored a second goal with another solo effort deep into extra time.

Players from both sides had icons of different disabilities on their jerseys instead of their names, as part of a disability awareness campaign aimed at providing better facilities in football stadiums for people with disabilities.

The game featured an accessible shuttle service, an audio description service, visual aids and areas specifically designed for sensory and autistic disabilities. There were also introductory sessions on blind football and wheelchair rugby, both of which were featured at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games.

Auxerre goalkeeper Donovan Léon was sent off after six minutes, but still ensured a 3-0 home win over Brest. He received a red card for interfering with Rémy Labeau-Lascary.

American-born defender Bryan Okoh scored twice with powerful headers, and Cameroonian forward Danny Namaso added the third with a fine run and shot midway through the second half.

Auxerre remained in sixteenth place – which is the promotion-relegation play-off, with the team finishing in third place in Ligue 2 – but closed the gap on fifteenth-place Nice to five points.

Published on March 22, 2026