Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 Brest: Dembele fires hosts again to the highest


Ousmane Dembele’s double helped transfer Paris Saint-Germain again to the highest of Ligue 1 with a 3-1 house win over Brest.

Fabian Ruiz’s sensible strike was sandwiched between these two objectives because the French champions remained excellent, leapfrogging again above Marseille and Monaco after their wins earlier on Saturday.

Romain Del Castillo had put Brest in entrance with a penalty simply earlier than the half-hour mark after a foul by Nuno Mendes on Ludovic Ajorque.

PSG then equalised within the forty second minute with a header from the unmarked Dembele off Marco Asensio’s pinpoint cross.

Brest provided little within the second half regardless of PSG taking their foot off the fuel, however Fabian put the hosts in entrance within the 73rd minute with an excellent long-range effort.

Simply 80 seconds later, Dembele sealed the factors along with his second, pouncing on a free ball after a counter-attack.

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The Ligue 1 season could solely be 4 video games in, however PSG have began their title defence strongly by successful all of their matches to this point.

They have already got a objective distinction of +13 (scored 16, conceded three), with solely three groups ever boasting a greater file at this stage in historical past: Reims in 1952-53 (+17), Strasbourg in 1959-60 (+15) and PSG themselves in 2022-23 (+14).

Dembele has additionally made a shiny begin to the marketing campaign, having already scored as many objectives in these 4 matches as he managed in 26 outings final season (three). Two of these have been headers, as many as in 211 profession league video games earlier than that.





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