Mendes guides PSG to top of Ligue 1 with 4-0 win at Nice

Nuno Mendes scored a first-half penalty and provided an assist for Desire Doue as Paris Saint-Germain moved back ​to the top of Ligue 1 with a resounding ‌4-0 victory at struggling 10-man Nice on Saturday, Reuters reported. 

PSG move to 60 points from 26 games, one more than second-placed Lens who won 5-1 at Angers on ​Friday, and have a game in hand. Nice are on ​27 points from 27 games, five points above the ⁠relegation zone.

After missing several chances, the visitors took the lead ​on 42 minutes when Nice defender Morgan Sanson was adjudged to ​have handled the ball in the box from Doue’s shot, according to Reuters.