A mixed day for Paris Saint-Germain saw Neymar lead a dominant defeat of Guingamp as Marco Verratti suffered a first-half injury.
2018/2019 Ligue 1
9-0
Match Events
11' GOAL! PSG 1-0 Guingamp (Neymar)
Goal! Paris Saint Germain 1, Guingamp 0. Neymar (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dani Alves.
37' GOAL! PSG 2-0 Guingamp (Mbappe)
MBAPPE MAKES IT 2-0 TO THE CHAMPIONS!! Neymar goes from goalscorer to provider after playing a series of lightning quick one-twos with Mbappe in the box, and the France wonderkid makes no mistake in slotting the ball past a hopeless Caillard to become Ligue 1's top scorer for the time being!
45' GOAL! PSG 3-0 Guingamp (K. Mbappé)
MBAPPE DOUBLES HIS ACCOUNT!! Dismal stuff from Eboa Eboa there, whose attempt at clearing the ball was blocked by a driven Cavani, and the Uruguay forward was able to quickly find Mbappe in acres of space in the box before the France forward places a slick finish past Caillard! 3-0 to the table-toppers, and Guingamp’s slim hopes of repeating their heroics from 10 days ago are surely extinguished!
59' GOAL! PSG 4-0 Guingamp (Cavani)
CAVANI JOINS THE PARTY TO MAKE IT 4-0!! Neymar is able to play in the overlapping Bernat, and the Spanish left-back whips in a great ball across the Guingamp box to allow the Uruguay forward to simply tap the ball past Caillard and into the net for his 12th Ligue 1 goal in 13 matches!
66' GOAL! PSG 5-0 Guingamp (Cavani)
CAVANI DOUBLES HIS ACCOUNT!! Neymar plays in Di Maria for the short corner, and the Argentina international plays a one-two with Mbappe before bursting into the box and delivering a clipped ball towards the six-yard area, where Cavani leapt higher than the rest to head the ball past Caillard! 5-0 to Les Parisiens, and the final whistle can’t come soon enough for the visitors.
68' GOAL! PSG 6-0 Guingamp (Neymar)
NEYMAR BAGS HIS BRACE!! Mbappe returns the favour and plays in the onrushing Brazil forward, who skips past a Guingamp challenge and taps the ball past Caillard in no man’s land! Despite the best efforts of Rebocho, he’s unable to slide the trickling ball away from the goal line and PSG now lead 6-0 at the Parc des Princes!
76' GOAL! PSG 7-0 Guingamp (Cavani)
CAVANI GETS HIS HAT-TRICK!! Despite Kurzawa looking to be offside after receiving Neymar’s pass down the left wing, the substitute is able to whip in a cross that causes havoc in the Guingamp box, and a loose ball falls toward the path of the Uruguay forward who is only happy to take advantage of the chaos in the penalty area! It’s now 7-0 to Tuchel’s men, and they are showing no signs of letting up!
80' GOAL! PSG 8-0 Guingamp (Mbappe)
MBAPPE ALSO GETS HIS HAT-TRICK!! Cavani latches on to a great pass by Neymar, and the forward whips in a low ball across the six-yard area towards the path of Mbappe, who is only too happy to finish past Caillard for his treble and PSG’s eighth of the game! 8-0 to the champions, who have romped to a dominating win at the Parc des Princes!
83' GOAL! PSG 9-0 Guingamp (Meunier)
MEUNIER MAKES IT 9-0!!! Cavani gets challenged by Eboa Eboa just as he was about to shoot at Caillard, but the loose ball falls to the substitute Meunier, who finishes past Caillard with all the confidence of a seasoned striker! If PSG were looking for revenge after their Coupe de la Ligue elimination, they have certainly dished it out and then some!
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Match Report
Paris Saint-Germain tied their record Ligue 1 winning margin with a 9-0 victory over Guingamp at the Parc des Princes, but Marco Verratti hobbled off with an apparently serious injury.
Despite losing to a late Guingamp penalty in a remarkable Coupe de la Ligue meeting last week, the result never looked in doubt for PSG in an altogether different affair on Saturday as Neymar scored a double while both Kylian Mbappe and Edinson Cavani hit the simplest of hat-tricks.
Yet an already depleted midfield, featuring Dani Alves out of position, was further limited by Verratti's first-half withdrawal after taking a kick, nursing his left foot as he headed off the pitch.
With a crunch Champions League clash with a reinvigorated Manchester United to come in less than a month, Thomas Tuchel's delight at the form of Neymar and Co will undoubtedly be offset by real concerns in the middle of the pitch.
Line-ups
PSG XI: Gianluigi Buffon, D.Alves, E. Cavani, Thiago Silva, Á. Di María, Verratti, Neymar, Marquinhos, Bernat, Kehrer, K. Mbappé
Subs: Choupo-Moting, T. Meunier, A. Areola, Kurzawa, J. Draxler, Nkunku, M. Diaby
Guingamp XI: Didot, Deaux, Kerbrat, Y. N'Gbakoto, Ikoko, Marc-Aurèle Caillard, Rebocho, Phiri, Mendy, Eboa, Thuram
Subs: Sorbon, Rodelin, K. Johnsson, N.Roux, Djilobodji, Johan Larsson, L.Blas