Terem Moffi bags brace and assist in Nice stunning win over PSG

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde

Nigeria forward, Terem Moffi netted twice and provided an assist for Nice as his side stunned PSG 3-2 on Friday.

The win was Nice’s first league triumph at the Parc des Princes since November 2009.

Having done well to press their host and defend resolutely under pressure, limiting PSG to an audacious attempt from Ousmane Dembele in the 21st minute, Francesco Farioli’s side took the lead when Moffi’s shot wrong-footed Gianluigi Donnaruma and nestled in the bottom corner, with the help of a deflection off Lucas Hernandez.

Kylian Mbappe met Achraf Hakimi’s cutback with a powerful strike that squirmed through Marcin Bulka’s a mere eight minutes after Les Parisiens had fallen behind.

For all of PSG’s passing, Moffi showed the merits of good old-fashioned direct play when he racer behind Danilo Pereira to collect Morgan Sanson’s ball forward, jinked his way into some space, and played the ball across for Gaetan Laborde to prod home.

Moffi once again silenced the Parc des Princes as he played a one-two with Laborde to break through again, before squaring up Milan Skriniar and sending a pinpoint effort out of Donnaruma’s reach.

Mbappe scored a spectacular second of his own with an acrobatic strike from Randal Kolo Muani’s cross in the 87th minute, but Nice held on to continue their unbeaten start to the season and earned back-to-back wins.

The team also jumped above PSG into the second position on the log after inflicting their host with their first defeat of the campaign.