Football PSG 4-0 Marseille: Icardi and Mbappe punish visitors in one-sided Classique Kylian Mbappe and Mauro Icardi hit braces Paris Saint-Germain eased to a 4-0 win over Marseille on Sunday to further extend its lead at the top of Ligue 1. Daniel Lewis 28 October, 2019 11:34 IST PSG 4-0 Marseille: Icardi and Mbappe punish visitors in one-sided Classique Daniel Lewis 28 October, 2019 11:34 IST Mauro Icardi and Kylian Mbappe both scored twice in the first half as Paris Saint-Germain thrashed Marseille 4-0 in Sunday's Ligue 1 clash.Free-scoring PSG had reeled off five wins in a row in all competitions heading into the first Classique of the season and made light work of seeing off its rivals.The reigning French champion scored all four goals before half-time thanks to clinical doubles from Icardi and Mbappe in the space of 34 devastating minutes at Parc des Princes.Edinson Cavani was brought on in the second half for his first appearance since August, but PSG - now eight points clears of closest challenger Nantes at the top of the table - could not add to its tally of 17 goals in its last four matches.Valere Germain failed to make the most of a good chance early on and, less than a minute later, Icardi converted a rebound at the other end after his initial header was parried by Steve Mandanda.Icardi was denied by Mandanda when played through by an exquisite flick from Mbappe, but the on-loan striker got to Marco Verratti's floated delivery ahead of the Marseille keeper three minutes later to double his tally.READ | Granada storms to La Liga summit less than five months after promotionDespite the best efforts from Mandanda, who produced another fine save to thwart Mbappe from a one-on-one, PSG further extended its advantage through the France forward's tap-in after being teed up by Angel Di Maria.The home side's fourth goal arrived before half-time, Mbappe rounding off a swift counter with a shot from the edge of the box that Mandanda was unable to keep out.Mbappe spurned his big chance for back-to-back hat-tricks when firing wide 19 minutes from time, while Leandro Paredes had a free-kick saved as Marseille managed to keep down the scoring. 10 – Angel Di Maria is the player who has delivered the most assists for Kylian Mbappé in all competitions (10). Complicity. #PSGOM pic.twitter.com/fNFuVzw7wn— OptaJean (@OptaJean) October 27, 2019 What does it mean? PSG in a league of its ownMarseille boss Andre Villas-Boas said in the build-up to this match that PSG is "in another league" to the rest of its top-flight rivals due to its financial strength.On the basis of this victory, and a run of nine wins from 11 to begin the campaign, there can be little disputing those comments.Mbappe makes his pointMbappe scored a second-half hat-trick as a substitute against Club Brugge in midweek and later admitted to being frustrated at not starting the 5-0 Champions League win.The France forward is now fully over his recent injury issues and marked his return to the starting line-up with another couple of goals, making it six in his last three matches.Germain miss proves costlyHad Marseille forward Germain scored the chance that fell his way at 0-0, it may have been a different story in the French capital.As it was, he fired his first-time shot wide of the target after being picked out by Dimitri Payet and his side was four goals down in the blink of an eye.Key Opta stats- Paris Saint-Germain's win came via the widest margin it has beaten Marseille by in Ligue 1, alongside 5-1 wins in January 1978 and February 2017.- This was the first time PSG scored four goals in the first half against Marseille in a Ligue 1 fixture.- Mbappe has now scored in each of his last four Ligue 1 games against Marseille.- Di Maria has been involved in at least one goal in each of his last three Ligue 1 games with PSG against Marseille. He had one assist in October 2018, two goals and one assist in March 2019, and two assists on this occasion.- Marseille boss Villas-Boas suffered his heaviest defeat in a league game - across spells in France, China, Russia and England - since his Tottenham side lost 5-0 to Liverpool in December 2013.What's next?Marseille is in Coupe de la Ligue action at Monaco on Wednesday, while PSG heads to Dijon on Friday for its next Ligue 1 match. Jurgen Klopp finally remembers what a clean sheet feels like Duncan Ferguson gives his thoughts on Kovac's Goodison visit Solskjaer enjoys Manchester United's successful three days Jurgen Klopp: Football not Playstation, players need rest More Videos Managers sympathise with Marco Silva after Everton sacking Five things you need to know from LaLiga Arsene Wenger open to Ljungberg talks to help Arsenal Ligue 1: Marseille cuts PSG lead with victory over Angers Pep Guardiola: Man City would be a bit crazy to think about the title Ronaldo in crisis at Juventus? Premier League Review - Matchday 14 Messi: Someone will beat my Ballon d'Or record
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