PSG & Mbappe Run Riot Without Neymar
01 March, 2020
Ligue 1
Result: Paris Saint-Germain 4-0 Dijon
Date: 29 February 2020
Venue: Parc di Princes
Paris Saint-Germain ran riot without Neymar on Saturday evening after thumping Dijon 4-0 to take care of their dominance in Ligue 1.
The Ligue 1 leaders were without the suspended Neymar and Marco Verratti as Idrissa Gueye and Pablo Sarabia were drafted into to the line-up.
PSG got off to the right start as Sarabia repaid Thomas Tuchel's faith after opening the scoring after just three minutes with a close-range finish.
Tuchel was then forced to form a first-half change because the influential Angel di Maria sustained a hamstring injury and was replaced by Julian Draxler on 19 minutes.
Draxler nearly made an instantaneous impact but he was denied by Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson within the 27th minute before the Dijon shot-stopper produced another save to deny the PSG attacker
The visitors, meanwhile, never showed any real attacking intent within the opening stanza while the likes of Edinson Cavani and Kylian Mbappe squandered some big chances at the opposite end.
It was more dominance from the house side within the last half although that they had to attend until the 60th minute for a gap as Cavani did not hit the target from six-yards out.
The second goal eventually arrived with 16 minutes left within the contest as Draxler turned provider to select out Mbappe, who rounded Runarsson to fit into an empty net.
Two minutes later, Mauro Icardi got his name on the score-sheet five minutes after his arrival with a neat finish from close range after being picked out by Mbappe.
Mbappe rounded off the scoring in second-half stoppage time to finish his brace with another finish into an empty after racing onto a loose ball.
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za