PSG keep Marseille in check with Le Classique victory

Sport360 staff 07:42 10/11/2014
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  • Winning mentality: PSG players celebrate Lucas’ opening goal last night.

    Paris Saint-Germain cut Mar­seille’s lead at the top of Ligue 1 to just a point last night with a domi­nant display at the Parc des Princes.

    Marcelo Bielsa’s Marseille have been the early-season paceset­ters in France but PSG have slowly reeled them in over the last few weeks and were well worth the vic­tory in Le Classique.

    Marseille had started strongly with Andre-Pierre Gignac striking the woodwork in the fifth minute but PSG soon asserted control and Lucas Moura fired them into a first-half lead when he connected with Ezequiel Lavezzi’s low cross.

    The second period saw Zlatan Ibrahimovic make his return from injury as a 66th minute substitute while Marseille Gianelli Imbula controversially saw red.

    Edinson Cavani then sealed the points with a sharp near-post head­er from Serge Aurier’s fine cross.

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