Kvaratskhelia scores as PSG beat Le Mans 3-1 for third straight win

📰 A day after his coach publicly backed him, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia scored as PSG beat Le Mans 3-1. 📌 Key points ⚽ PSG beat promoted Le Mans 3-1 for a third straight league win. 🔥 Kvaratskhelia came off the bench to score the winner on 61 minutes. 🆕 Maghnes Akliouche scored his first PSG goal on 68 minutes. 🧤 Désiré Doué had a stoppage-time penalty saved. 📈 PSG move up to fifth, four points behind leaders Monaco. 📝 What happened 😴 PSG rested Ousmane Dembélé and Nuno Mendes for the visit of Le Mans to the Parc des Princes on 10 October. On 19 minutes Voyer handled while blocking an Achraf Hakimi trick, and Lucas Beraldo converted the penalty. 😬 PSG were sluggish for almost an hour and Mafouta finished a cross to bring Le Mans level on 54 minutes. Luis Enrique sent on Warren Zaïre-Emery, Fabián Ruiz, Vitinha and Kvaratskhelia, and the game turned. 🔥 On 61 minutes Kvaratskhelia turned in the rebound after Ruiz's shot was parried. A day earlier, Luis Enrique had called him "not a machine, a human being". Seven minutes later Akliouche struck a precise finish for his first PSG goal to make it 3-1. 🧤 Le Mans keeper Kocik then saved Doué's penalty in the third minute of stoppage time – a frustrating moment for the player Luis Enrique had called "a machine". 📊 By the numbers • Score: PSG 3-1 Le Mans • Goals: Beraldo 19' (pen), Kvaratskhelia 61', Akliouche 68' • League wins in a row: 3 • Gap to leaders Monaco: 4 points 🔭 Why it matters PSG visit Manchester City in the Champions League on 14 October, then face Strasbourg on 17 October and Barcelona on 20 October. A goal for the struggling Kvaratskhelia is a welcome sign before those big games, and Monaco's 2-2 draw with Toulouse keeps the title chase open.