Kylian Mbappe scored one purpose and made one other as Paris Saint-Germain beat Patrick Vieira’s Strasbourg 3-0 in Ligue 1 on Saturday however it’s unbeaten Nice who’re prime of the desk after a 1-0 victory over Marseille. Mbappe opened the scoring for PSG with a Tenth-minute penalty and arrange Carlos Soler to make it 2-0 simply after the half-hour mark on a moist and windy day in Paris. The reigning champions added a 3rd within the 77th minute courtesy of Fabian Ruiz to wrap up a routine victory.

It was a second straight win for PSG following their 4-1 defeat away to Newcastle United within the Champions League earlier this month, and so they sit a degree behind Nice in second place.

“The logical concern with these games straight after an international break is that it is clearly not easy for the players to switch their mentality but the team played well and managed the game very well,” stated PSG coach Luis Enrique.

He rested a number of common starters with this sport additionally coming simply earlier than a key Champions League assembly with AC Milan.

Achraf Hakimi and Ousmane Dembele had been amongst these to be ignored at kick-off, whereas Soler and Ruiz got here in, as did Lee Kang-in.

South Korean worldwide Lee was making his first look for PSG in over a month, having helped his nation win soccer gold on the Asian Games within the meantime.

“In general all those players who have been involved less up to now this season did well. They got an opportunity today and made the most of it,” stated Luis Enrique.

Ten-man Marseille overwhelmed

However, there was no query of Mbappe being rested, and he opened the scoring from the penalty spot in entrance of an empty finish of PSG’s stadium, closed by the French league for this encounter as a punishment after homophobic chanting throughout a win over Marseille final month.

The penalty was awarded for a foul on Goncalo Ramos, and Mbappe transformed for his ninth membership purpose this season.

South African striker Lebo Mothiba then thought he had equalised for Strasbourg, just for his purpose to be disallowed for offside following a VAR test.

Instead PSG doubled their lead on 31 minutes as Mbappe produced a step-over to beat his marker earlier than slicing the ball again from the byline for Soler to prod in.

Soler arrange the third purpose late on for his fellow Spaniard Ruiz, not lengthy after PSG suffered a scare when Mbappe went down needing remedy after Gerzino Nyamsi appeared to tread on his left foot.

However, the France captain managed to hold on.

Having despatched out a group loaded with attacking gamers, simply as he did within the defeat by Newcastle, Luis Enrique should determine whether or not to play the identical manner towards Milan.

“Each match is different,” he insisted, “but my objective is to have 11 players attacking and 11 defending.”

It was a 3rd straight loss for Strasbourg, with the membership who had been not too long ago purchased by Chelsea’s house owners BlueCo struggling for targets and having received simply as soon as in six video games now.

“My young players need to learn and learn very quickly,” stated Vieira, whose line-up featured 5 outfield gamers aged 22 or below.

“We competed but we made too many mistakes to stand a chance.”

Later, the Mediterranean derby was determined when Marseille defender Leonardo Balerdi was despatched off for a second yellow card and substitute Evann Guessand headed within the ensuing free-kick within the 79th minute.

The outcome maintained Nice’s unbeaten document this season below 34-year-old Italian coach Francesco Farioli and left them prime, though Cote d’Azur rivals Monaco will exchange them on the summit by beating Metz on Sunday.

Nice have loved a tremendous begin to the season regardless of British proprietor Jim Ratcliffe being targeted on buying a stake in Manchester United.

“We need to look at the league table as little as possible, but it has been a very positive start to the season,” stated Farioli.

Marseille have received solely as soon as in 4 video games below new coach Gennaro Gattuso and are seven factors behind the leaders.

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