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Mbappe and Neymar on target as PSG sink Nantes

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Reuters
05 December, 2019, 06:10 am
Last modified: 05 December, 2019, 04:51 pm

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Mbappe and Neymar on target as PSG sink Nantes

France striker Mbappe found the back of the net with a jaw-dropping backheel finish early in the second half and Neymar doubled the tally in the closing stages to put PSG on 36 points from 15 games.

Reuters
05 December, 2019, 06:10 am
Last modified: 05 December, 2019, 04:51 pm
Football - Ligue 1 - Paris St Germain v Nantes - Parc des Princes, Paris, France - December 4, 2019 Paris St Germain's Neymar celebrates scoring their first goal with Kylian Mbappe that is subsequently disallowed after a VAR review. Reuters
Football - Ligue 1 - Paris St Germain v Nantes - Parc des Princes, Paris, France - December 4, 2019 Paris St Germain's Neymar celebrates scoring their first goal with Kylian Mbappe that is subsequently disallowed after a VAR review. Reuters

A superb Kylian Mbappe goal and a Neymar penalty helped Paris St Germain restore a five-point lead atop the Ligue 1 standings with a 2-0 home win over Nantes on Wednesday.

France striker Mbappe found the back of the net with a jaw-dropping backheel finish early in the second half and Neymar doubled the tally in the closing stages to put PSG on 36 points from 15 games.

Second-placed Marseille, who have played one game more, had narrowed the gap to two points with a 2-0 victory at Angers on Tuesday.

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"It's not easy to beat Nantes they are very compact. We tried to play fast but we lost too many balls," said PSG midfielder Marquinhos.

Kylian Mbappe is now ?th on PSG's all-time goalscorer list

1️⃣ Cavani 195
2️⃣ Ibrahimovic 156
3️⃣ Pauleta 109
4️⃣ Rocheteau 100
5️⃣ Dahleb 98
6️⃣ M'Pele 95
7️⃣ Susic 85
8️⃣ Di Maria 78
9️⃣ Rai 72
? Mbappe 71

He's still only 20 ? pic.twitter.com/8zgLO8ckNh— Goal (@goal) December 4, 2019

Nantes dropped to ninth in the table on 23 points from 16 games.

At the Parc des Princes, coach Thomas Tuchel left Mauro Icardi on the substitutes' bench with Mbappe starting up front alongside Angel Di Maria and Neymar.

The Brazilian thought he had opened the scoring shortly before halftime but his effort was ruled out by the VAR because of a Julian Draxler foul in the area.

+1 - Only 2 players have scored more than 1 goal per game in the top 5 leagues since last season

Messi ?? - 1.05 (45 goals en 43 games)

Mbappé ?? - 1.03 (39 goals en 38 games)

Superhero. @PSG_English pic.twitter.com/L85SK0hU9c— OptaJean (@OptaJean) December 4, 2019

Mbappe went close four minutes into the second half but Alban Lafont parried away the France international's powerful angled shot.

Mbappe, however, put the hosts ahead in the 52nd minute with a gorgeous backheel from Di Maria's whipped pass after the Argentine had been played through on the right flank by Neymar.

Neymar converted a penalty six minutes from fulltime after Lafont had brought down Icardi in the area following a poor header back from defender Nicolas Pallois.

Mbappe ☑️
Neymar ☑️

A good night for PSG and their deadly duo! ⚽️⚽️ pic.twitter.com/tO6YRt7Qz6— Goal (@goal) December 4, 2019

Keylor Navas made a key save to deny Pallois in stoppage time, helping secure a ninth clean sheet in nine league victories for PSG at home this season.

Elsewhere, St Etienne bounced back from their first defeat under Claude Puel with a 4-1 home victory against Nice thanks to a Denis Bouanga double.

The win lifted Les Verts, who were second from bottom when Puel was appointed two months ago, up to fifth on 25 points.

"It was a perfect game which should boost our confidence," said Puel, who has secured 14 points in seven games for St Etienne.

Monaco's Wissam Ben Yedder scored an early penalty and set up Gelson Martins for the winner as they won 2-1 at bottom side Toulouse.

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Paris Saint Germain / Neymar / Kylian Mbappe

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