Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) rout Monaco to stay perfect in Ligue 1

Paris: Defending champions Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) took on Edinson Cavani’s hat-trick to thrash last season’s nearest finishers Monaco 4-0 and record their 13th straight victory in as many matches in French Ligue 1 football championship.

Sunday’s match between last season’s top two teams could not reflect anything about the past memory, as PSG have been keeping an intact winning record to start the campaign, while Monaco is in the relegation zone with seven points from 12 matches.

PSG didn’t wait quite long for their first goal, as Cavani latched onto Neymar’s cross before sidefooting home five minutes into the match. The Uruguayan striker, however, had to wait for a while as his goal was validated by Video Assistant Referee (VAR) after being initially flagged for an offside.

Cavani’s second goal seven minutes later seemed to be a carbon copy of the first one. He slotted home on Moussa Diaby’s left-flank cross, but that was disallowed due to Diaby’s offside while being given later on through consulting to VAR.

The hosts were devastated by Cavani’s third goal of the match in the 53rd minute, also assisted by Diaby on the left wing. After the former Monaco sensational teenager, Kylian Mbappe’s goal was disallowed for an offside, Neymar capped the visitors’ scoring night in the 64th minute by converting a spot-kick won by Mbappe, who was fouled by France teammate Djibril Sidibe inside the box.

With the win, PSG sees their advantage over second-placed Lille extended to 13 points. Lille was held 0-0 by Strasbourg at home on Friday. IANS

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