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– Paris Saint-Germain will feel disappointed tonight as they were held to a goalless draw by a determined Nice at the Parc des Princes.
– In fact, they can consider themselves fortunate not to be on the losing side of a game that they arguably dominated, but did not have the best of the goalscoring chances.
– They fell in favour of the visitors, whose striking duo of Andy Delort and Kasper Dolberg both had guilt-edged, golden opportunities either side of half time: the former Wigan Athletic man testing Gianluigi Donnarumma in the home goal with a bullet header from a Hichem Boudaoui cross, and Dolberg nodding against the post from two yards with the goal at his mercy.
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– The dynamic front three of Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Angel di Maria crafted their own paths to goal: Mbappe had two good chances cutting in off the left, with Walter Benitez denying him early in the first half, and the starlet missed a glorious chance midway through the second half as Paris struggled to break the deadlock.
– The Argentinian goalkeeper was called into action to deny his compatriot di Maria on 51 minutes, and he recovered well to divert Nuno Mendes’ fierce drive around the post to perform an excellent double save.
– Marco Verratti was introduced in midfield to try and unlock the Nice defence from a deeper position, but Christoph Galtier’s side held firm to deny Mauricio Pochettino a fifth win on the bounce.
