Paris Saint-Germain made it to the French Cup quarterfinals on Tuesday, with Désiré Doué and Bradley Barcola scoring in each half to get a 2-0 win at third-tier Le Mans.

The hosts almost caught PSG off guard in the early stages, with Gabin Bernardeau finding an unmarked Theo Eyoum in the box, but his shot just hit the side netting.

Le Mans sat back in an effort to frustrate the Ligue 1 leaders, who are unbeaten in all competitions since November, and it took 17 minutes for PSG to have their first shot, which Lee Kang-in put well over the bar from outside the box.

The hosts' attempts to hold off PSG were undone by a defensive mistake in the 25th minute, when Alexandre Lauray's pass was blocked by Gonçalo Ramos on the edge of the box. The ball got to Doue, who slotted it into the bottom left corner.

Le Mans had a free kick just outside the box at the end of the first half, but Lauray's set-piece hit the wall, and his second attempt went just wide of the near post.

Then, in the 71st minute, substitute Barcola doubled the lead when he got hold of a lofted ball from Nuno Mendes, sprinted into the Le Mans box and finished at the near post.

PSG almost got a third a minute later but Le Mans keeper Ewan Hatfout stopped Achraf Hakimi from scoring.

Le Mans weren't going to give up though, and almost scored just before the 90th minute, but Dame Gueye's acrobatic attempt off Zaid Amir's cross was kept out by an alert Matvey Safonov.

"We are in the quarter-finals and we were able to give the players some minutes and a rest, so we have to be happy," Luis Enrique added.

Leaders PSG host third-placed Monaco in a Ligue 1 clash on Friday.