Result: Paris Saint-Germain 6-1 Angers
Date: 02 October 2020
Venue: Stade de Parc Princes
Paris Saint-Germain jumped to second spot in Ligue 1 thanks to a 6-1 hammering against Angers, with Neymar bagging a brace on Friday evening.
Thomas Tuchel issued just a single change from PSG's 2-0 win at Reims last Sunday, with Angel Di Maria's suspension paving the way for Marco Verratti.
PSG raced to a seventh minute lead thanks to new signing Alessandro Florenzi, who collected a misplaced ball off Enzo Ebosse to volley into the top corner.
Stephane Bahoken should've brought the visiting side all square four minutes thereafter, but was unfortunately not able to redirect Abdoulaye Bamba's delivery on target.
Angers' woes were compounded six minutes from the half-hour mark as Neymar Junior opened his account for the campaign through a close-range finish after good work from Kylian Mbappe.
PSG would get a third two minutes from the break after Neymar picked up a loose ball from a deflection off Traore to convert past Angers goalkeeper Paul Bernardoni.
The visitors pulled a goal back on 52 minutes courtesy of Ismael Traore, who made good use of Pierrick Capelle's cross for a thumping header.
Three minutes were all PSG needed to restore their three-goal advantage as Julian Draxler's first-time finish wrong-footed Bernardoni en-route to rattling the net after deflecting off Traore.
PSG looked to shore up the result shortly towards fulltime, as a double substitution in Idrissa Gueye and Ander Herrera replaced Draxler and Leandro Paredes.
It paid dividends as Gueye found a loose pass from Neymar on 71 minutes to fire in off a deflection and vicious bounce away from Bernardoni.
The Parisians put the icing on the cake in the last six minutes as Mbappe popped up in the centre of the area for a simple tap-in off Pablo Sarabia's cross, helping his side to four league wins in a row.
