Paris Saint-Germain returned to the summit of Ligue 1 with a comfortable 3-0 victory over struggling Metz at the Parc des Princes.

Desire Doue, Bradley Barcola and Goncalo Ramos were on the scoresheet for Luis Enrique's side, who now hold a two-point cushion over Lens after their loss to Monaco earlier on Saturday.

It took just three minutes for PSG to break the deadlock; Metz's defence was all at sea as Warren Zaire-Emery played a long ball over the top, with Doue breezing through to beat Jonathan Fischer one-on-one.

PSG continued to dominate, and things appeared to be getting worse for Metz when Jean-Philippe Gbamin was shown a straight red card for a late tackle on Ramos, but the decision was downgraded to a booking following a VAR review.

Luis Enrique's side got a deserved second goal in the third minute of first-half stoppage time. Fischer pushed away Lucas Hernandez's flick-on from a corner, but Ramos was on hand to tee up an unmarked Barcola, who nodded into the empty net.

Ramos then made sure of the points in the 77th minute, emphatically firing into the roof of the net from the left of the box after being picked out by Hernandez.

Zaire-Emery could have added some late gloss to the scoreline, but his low shot was well smothered by Fischer at his near post.