A brace by Ezequiel Lavezzi has helped Paris Saint-Germain to a 2-0 win over Dyanmo Kiev in tonight's Champions League clash in Ukraine.

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It was an open contest for the first 20 minutes, with both teams going close to opening the scoring.

Alex was guilty of squandering the best chance for the visitors, while Denis Garmash shot wide with an open goal at his mercy.

Lavezzi grabbed his first on the brink of half-time by firing past Maksym Koval after being played in by Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

A defensive catastrophe then led to Les Parisiens' second of the game.

Yehven Khacheridi played a back pass to Koval that was pounced upon by Blaise Matuidi. The ball broke to Lavezzi, who tapped in from a yard out.

Salvatore Sirigu was called upon to deny Dudu with eight minutes remaining, while Artem Miliyevskiy failed to connect with Andriy Yarmolenko's cross.

However, Carlo Ancelotti's men saw out the victory with a clean sheet.