David Beckham helps seal PSG win on debut against Marseille

             • Former England captain sets up goal for Zlatan Ibrahimovic
• Impact as substitute enables 2-0 defeat of Marseille 

David Beckham made his Paris Saint-Germain debut on Sunday night and enjoyed the perfect start as his new side secured a vital 2-0 victory in their attempt to win the Ligue 1 title.

The former England captain joined PSG on a five-month deal last month and came off the bench to make his debut at the Parc des Princes, helping to lay on Zlatan Ibrahimovic's injury-time second. The opener had arrived from a player signed with the long term in mind: Lucas Moura, a fellow January arrival, scored a deflected first-half goal.
The upshot was that Carlo Ancelotti's team saw off one of their fellow title challengers, Marseille, and moved three points ahead of Lyon at the top.
With Beckham's debut expected, the interest was bigger than usual, although with him starting on the bench it was left to others to make the early headlines. Ibrahimovic, who was largely disappointing on the night, had the first effort with a low free-kick but it did not take long for Lucas to open the scoring, his goal coming 11 minutes in.
The Brazilian jinked inside a marker from the right and opened his body to shoot, with his 25-yard effort brushing the defending Joey Barton and then clattering into Nicolas N'Koulou, taking enough deflection to wrong-foot Steve Mandanda and put PSG ahead.
Beckham joined in the celebrations on the bench and his team-mates on the pitch were relatively untroubled afterwards, with André Ayew, Marseille's liveliest forward, lucky not to avoid injury himself as he chopped down Ibrahimovic.
As Marseille stepped up the pressure for an equaliser the crowd got what they wanted when Beckham replaced Javier Pastore after 76 minutes. His first touch was an excellent curled pass to the right but, despite his calming presence, PSG remained on the back foot and Fanni's brilliant volley was thumped away by Sirigu.
Beckham would have a say at the other end and, with seconds of injury time left, he chipped a pass into the left-hand channel of the area for Jérémy Ménez, whose cross was tucked in by Ibrahimovic for his 22nd goal of the season.