Clermont 1-6 Paris Saint-Germain Mbappe

Clermont 1-6 Paris Saint-Germain Mbappe

Kylian Mbappe and Neymar scored hat-tricks as Paris Saint-Germain brought an emphatic end totheir poor away form with Jaylen Adams Jersey a resounding 6-1 victory at Clermont in Ligue 1.Neymar and Mbappe struck in the opening 19 minutes asPSG ended a run offour straight lo ses on the road in all competitions andmoved 15 points clear at the summit.Jodel Do sou pulled one back for Clermont but Neymarscored from the spot and then set up Mbappe three minutes later as Mauricio Pochettinos men showed their teeth in the closing stages.Mbappe completed his hat-trick with 10 minutes remaining and then returned the favour for Neymar, teeing Kyle Korver Jersey him up for his third as PSG stayed on track for the title.The visitors took the lead in controversial circumstances, Neymars goal being allowed to stand despite Alidu Seidu being prone in the box after having his foot stepped on by Mbappe.Lionel Me si controlled Neymars pa s on his chest and volleyed a throughball in behind for Mbappe to poke past Arthur Desmas, but Clermont grew into the game and halved the deficit through Do sou before half-time.Me si had a goal disallowed for offside before Mbappe was felled by Akim Zedadka in the box and Neymar slotted home the Pat Connaughton Jersey resulting spot-kick with the utmost composure in the 71st minuteA magnificent outside-of-the-boot throughball over the top from Neymar set Mbappe on his way to his second and the France star made it three with a powerful finish from the edge of the box.Mbappe then raced onto a pa s from Georginio Wijnaldum and squared acro s the face of goal for Neymar to round off the scoring with 83 minutes played. What does it mean? PSG close in on titleWith Rennes moving level on points with Marseille in second earlier on Saturday, PSG could find themselves a point away from reclaiming their Ligue 1 crown by the end of next weekend.Victory over Marseille at the Parc des Princes combined with Rennes losing to Monaco would leave them 18 points clear with just six games to play.Magical Me si-Mbappe link-upHis first season at PSG has not quite Milwaukee Bucks Hats lived up to expectations, but Me si was at his creative best against Clermont. The Argentina captain has now combined with Mbappe for eight goals in Ligue 1 this season.Full-backs switch offAchraf Hakimi was caught in po se sion ahead of Clermonts goal and Do sous run to the back post was not tracked by Nuno Mendes. Neither will be pleased with their role in PSG failing to keep an away clean sheet in Ligue 1 for the first time since October.Whats next?PSG have Le Cla sique against Marseille to look forward Christian Wood Jersey to next Sunday, when Clermont will hope to boost their survival hopes at 19th-placed Metz.

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