PSG make it 10 wins out of 10 with 5-0 hammering of Amiens
Soccer Football - Ligue 1 - Paris St Germain v Amiens SC - Parc des Princes, Paris, France - October 20, 2018 Paris St Germain's Marquinhos celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
(Reuters) - 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 St 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.
Soccer Football - Ligue 1 - Paris St Germain v Amiens SC - Parc des Princes, Paris, France - October 20, 2018 Paris St Germain's Marquinhos celebrates scoring their first goal with teammates REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
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.
Soccer Football - Ligue 1 - Paris St Germain v Amiens SC - Parc des Princes, Paris, France - October 20, 2018 Paris St Germain's Adrien Rabiot celebrates scoring their second goal REUTERS/Benoit TessierSoccer Football - Ligue 1 - Paris St Germain v Amiens SC - Parc des Princes, Paris, France - October 20, 2018 Paris St Germain's Julian Draxler in action REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
(Reporting by Philip O'Connor; Editing by Tony Lawrence)
Soccer Football - Ligue 1 - Paris St Germain v Amiens SC - Parc des Princes, Paris, France - October 20, 2018 Paris St Germain's Marquinhos celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Benoit TessierSoccer Football - Ligue 1 - Paris St Germain v Amiens SC - Parc des Princes, Paris, France - October 20, 2018 Paris St Germain's Kylian Mbappe celebrates scoring their fourth goal REUTERS/Benoit TessierSoccer Football - Ligue 1 - Paris St Germain v Amiens SC - Parc des Princes, Paris, France - October 20, 2018 Paris St Germain's Kylian Mbappe celebrates with Moussa Diaby and Juan Bernat after scoring their fourth goal REUTERS/Benoit TessierSoccer Football - Ligue 1 - Paris St Germain v Amiens SC - Parc des Princes, Paris, France - October 20, 2018 Amiens' Thomas Monconduit in action with Paris St Germain's Adrien Rabiot REUTERS/Benoit TessierSoccer Football - Ligue 1 - Paris St Germain v Amiens SC - Parc des Princes, Paris, France - October 20, 2018 Paris St Germain's Marquinhos celebrates scoring their first goal with teammates REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
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