Ibrahimovic stars as PSG beat Bastia

The Champions League is a potential distraction this weekend, with Paris Saint-Germain set to host Real Madrid at the Parc des Princes on Wednesday in a crucial game in the fight to qualify for the last 16 as winners of Group A, so Blanc must make sure his side keep their focus on a potentially tricky domestic fixture.

“We remembered our bad result here last season [in which PSG lost 4-2], but today we took the three points and continued our effort to win titles”. “Our preparation has not been ideal, with players returning very late [from the worldwide break] and having traveled long distances”.

Not to mention Salvatore Sirigu started the game and got the opportunity to show why he had been PSG’s main goalkeeper for the past couple seasons.

The striker oozed confidence especially after his brace against Bastia in Saturday’s Ligue 1 contest, which PSG won 2-0.

Rabiot then planted a header straight at Leca following a corner but Paris eventually made the breakthrough, albeit in controversial circumstances.

AS Saint-Etienne bounced back from consecutive defeats, with Robert Beric and Kevin Monnet-Paquet on target in a 2-0 win over bottom side Gazelec Ajaccio.

Goals from Valentin Rongier, Youssouf Sabaly and Yacine Bammou steered Nantes to a 3-0 victory over Troyes, while Guingamp striker Jimmy Briand cancelled out Sofiane Boufal’s opener for Lille in a 1-1 draw.

Ibrahimovic also appeared to be offside for the opening goal when Javier Pastore found Edinson Cavani on the right and he crossed in for the Swede to tap home.

It was harsh on the home side after they had held off the Ligue 1 champions, especially to concede in such a way.