PSG vs Amiens: French champions make it 10 from 10 with storming home victory
Re-live the action from the Ligue 1 clash
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A trio of headed goals from Marquinhos, Adrien Rabiot and Julian Draxler and strikes from Kylian Mbappe and Moussa Diaby made it a perfect 10 wins in 10 Ligue 1 games this season for Paris Saint-Germain as they hammered Amiens 5-0 on Saturday.
Defender Marquinhos opened the scoring at the Parc Des Princes by heading home from an Angel Di Maria corner in the 12th minute, and Adrien Rabiot made it two from another corner by Di Maria three minutes before half-time.
Amiens, who are four points above the drop zone, defended bravely but they fell apart towards the end, with Draxler heading home in the 80th minute and Mbappe rifling a shot low to the right of the goalkeeper to make it four two minutes later.
Midfielder Diaby jinked into the box and placed the ball in the same spot to make it 5-0 two minutes from time in front of a raucous home crowd.
With many of the weekend's fixtures still to be played, the win put PSG top of the table on 30 points, 11 ahead of second-placed Lille, who are away to Dijon later on Saturday.
Olympic Lyonnais, who beat Nimes 2-0 on Friday, are third on 17 points.
Re-live the action below:
Hello, and welcome along to our coverage of Paris Saint-Germain's encounter with Amiens this afternoon.
Kylian Mbappe grabbed the headlines before and during the international break, so will he inspire another PSG rout?
Or do Amiens have something up their sleeves? Join us and find out!
And here is the starting XI for the visitors in the French capital!
1 min: PSG 0-0 Amiens
We're off at the Parc des Princes! How will PSG start after the latest international break?
Don't forget we will also be covering Juventus' match against Genoa in Turin. Here are the teams!
7 min: PSG 0-0 Amiens
No surprise, but the hosts have dominated the majority of the ball so far. Midfielder Christopher Nkunku has been deployed at right-back by Thomas Tuchel in one of five changes from Lyon, and he has been able to get forward a lot so far.
GOAL: PSG 1-0 Amiens (Marquinhos 12')
With all the attacking prowess on show for PSG, it is the simplest of set pieces that undoes Amiens.
Di Maria swings over the corner and Brazilian Marquinhos is on hand to head the ball into the corner of the net.
18min: PSG 1-0 Amiens
The hosts look like they can get behind the Amiens defence at any moment, with Regis Gurtner having to come out to prevent Kylian Mbappe from latching onto a Di Maria through-ball.
21 min: PSG 1-0 Amiens
Di Maria is in the thick of the action at the moment, but he is denied a goal of his own after Gurtner clings on to his deflected shot.
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