Ajaccio 0-3 PSG: Mbappe nets brace to extend gap with rivals as Messi shines
Paris Saint-Germain extended their lead at the top of Ligue 1 to six points with a comfortable 3-0 win over AC Ajaccio at Stade Francois Coty.
Despite not being at their usual incisive best, PSG were the side to open the scoring after 24 minutes, as Kylian Mbappe latched onto Leo Messi’s through ball to emphatically finish first-time beyond Ajaccio goalkeeper Benjamin Leroy and into the net.
Les Parisiens really should’ve been two goals up 10 minutes later, but Mbappe blazed over the bar from close range as he couldn’t make the most of a superb cut-back from Achraf Hakimi.
Ajaccio rode out the storm at the start of the second half, and then created a big chance to level the game, but Youssef Belaili’s strike from the edge of the area was well tipped away by Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Paris then had the second goal they needed to kill the game in the 78th minute, as Mbappe fed in Messi with a superb backheeled assist inside the penalty area, and the Argentine tapped home beyond Ajaccio’s Leroy.
Christophe Galtier’s side sealed the points four minutes later, as Mbappe once again was teed up by a Messi through pass and finished low into the bottom-left corner of the net from close range to give PSG their second win in succession.
