Kylian Mbappe has surpassed Edinson Cavani as Paris Saint-Germain's all-time leading scorer after netting in the 4-2 win over Nantes on Saturday night.
Young Warren Zaire-Emery was welcomed back by the host from the win over Olympique Marseille, as Sergio Ramos and Fabian Ruiz slotted back in the eleven too.
Lionel Messi gave the host the perfect start in the 12th minute after he attacked a deflected delivery by Nuno Mendes and stabbed in to reach a 1000 combined goals and assists in club football.
A slice of good fortune saw the home side extend their lead five minutes later as Joauen Hadjam beat Nordi Mukiele to a ball across the area only to slot into his own net.
Hadjam made amends after the half-hour mark when he teed-up Ludovic Blas to step inside of Mukiele and Vitinha and riffled past PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Uncertain goalkeeping from Donnarumma then nearly gifted Nantes the equaliser ahead of halftime when he spilled a loose shot from Florent Mollet only for Hadjam to mis-timed the loose ball.
Nantes did go level in the final seven minutes to halftime when Ignatius Ganago connected with a flick from Mollet's corner and headed in from the near post.
In a quiet return from the break, the host went close to regaining the lead after a shot from 30-yards by Vitinha aimed towards the bottom-corner but Alban Lafont parried.
PSG eventually reclaimed their lead around the half-hour mark in the second period when Danilo Pereira charged on Kylian Mbappe's delivery and applied a close-range finish.
The host appeared to have won a penalty minutes later after Hadjam fouled Mukiele, but the referee reviewed the incident and overturned with the latter fouled outside the box.
A first change from the host inside the closing 20 minutes had Carlos Soler introduced and the self-same Mukiele sacrificed.
PSG snatched a fourth over two minutes in additional time as Mbappe peeled off Timothee Pembele's assist to beat Lafont and steered his side to victory, while also becoming the club's all-time top scorer with 201 goals in 247 appearances.
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