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PSG beat Le Havre to maintain unbeaten Ligue 1 run

Paris Saint-Germain defeated struggling Le Havre 2-1 on Saturday to stay on course to finish the Ligue 1 season unbeaten .

Desire Doue and Goncalo Ramos scored the goals for the Champions League semi-finalists at either side of half-time at the Parc des Princes, as coach Luis Enrique changed almost his entire starting line-up following the midweek European clash with Aston Villa.

PSG had before now secured a fourth successive Ligue 1 title before this game, and their 10th consecutive league win leaves them on 77 points with five matches remaining.

No side has ever gone an entire French Ligue 1 season unbeaten.

“We knew this game was a potential banana skin for us after a Champions League match which sucked out all our energy and left us feeling tired,” Luis Enrique said.

“All the ingredients were there for this to be a difficult game against a side who were in need of points.”

Achraf Hakimi and Bradley Barcola were the only players to keep their place in the PSG line-up at kick-off, following the 3-2 defeat away to Aston Villa which saw them edge through to the last four of the Champions League and a tie against Arsenal.

Doue gave PSG the lead inside eight minutes, and Ramos made the most of his chance in the starting line-up by making it 2-0 shortly after half-time with his 15th goal this season.

Issa Soumare pulled one back for Le Havre, but the result leaves Le Havre side still in the third-bottom spot, the relegation play-off place.

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