Messi, Mbappe score as PSG routs Lille 5-1 in Ligue 1

PSG extended its unbeaten run to 14 Ligue 1 matches with Messi and Mbappe both finding the net besides goals from Danilo and Kimpembe on Sunday.

Published : Feb 07, 2022 08:27 IST

Lionel Messi found himself back on the score-sheet as PSG thumped Lille on Sunday.
Lionel Messi found himself back on the score-sheet as PSG thumped Lille on Sunday.
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Lionel Messi found himself back on the score-sheet as PSG thumped Lille on Sunday.

Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe both scored as Paris St Germain ran riot in a 5-1 thrashing of Lille in Ligue 1 on Sunday, extending its unbeaten run in the competition to 14 matches.

It was a clinical performance from the visitor, aided by some poor defending from is host as Portuguese midfielder Danilo scored a brace and Presnel Kimpembe also got his name on the scoresheet.

Sven Botman had equalised for mid-table Lille in the first half.

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It was a positive response from PSG following their French Cup exit on Monday at the hands of Nice and they now have a 13-point lead over Marseille in the title race after 23 matches.

Third-placed Nice was stunned at home by lowly Clermont as Elbasan Rashani scored the winner for the visitor 13 minutes from fulltime.

Bordeaux’s poor season continued when it was thrashed 5-0 at Reims and finished the game with 10 men after a red card for Danylo Ignatenko.

Zimbabwe midfielder Marshall Munetsi scored twice for the home side to go with goals from Hugo Ekitike, Azor Matusiwa and Wout Faes.

Bordeaux is second bottom in the table with only four wins from their 23 games this season.

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Lorient moved out of the relegation zone with a 2-0 home success against Lens, Sambou Soumano and Mali striker Ibrahima Kone, recently returned from the Africa Cup of Nations, got their goals.

Strasbourg climbed up to fourth with a 1-0 win over Nantes thanks to a Dimitri Lienard goal on 76 minutes, while Rennes is one place further back following its 2-0 home win against Brest.

Gaetan Laborde scored in the first half and Martin Terrier grabbed a late second.

Troyes and Metz played out a 0-0 draw in the other game on Sunday.

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