MBAPPE SCORES TWICE AS PARIS SAINT GERMAIN NAIL NIMES TO GO ATOP FRENCH FOOTBALL TABLE

Paris, Oct. 17: Kylian Mbappe shrugged off any lingering fatigue to score twice in his second game in 48 hours as Paris SaintGermain defeated 10-man Nimes 4-0 on Friday to take over top spot in Ligue 1.

The France forward struck the opener on 32 minutes at the Stade des Costieres and netted again late on as a weary Nimes folded following the early dismissal of centre-back Loick Landre. Alessandro Florenzi scored

PSG’s second on 77 minutes and Pablo Sarabia notched a fourth for the reigning champions as PSG climbed above Rennes on goal difference after a fifth successive win.

Neymar sat out the trip after scoring a hattrick for Brazil in a World Cup qualifier in Peru. However, Mbappe was handed a second start in three days having scored the winning goal for France midweek in their Nations League match in Zagreb. —