PSG equal Lille’s record; St Etienne beat Monaco
PARIS: Paris Saint-germain’s latest Ligue 1 victory has seen the league leaders equal a record in french football that has stood for more than 80 years.
The reigning champions have been in imperious form domestically at the start of the new season, winning every game under new coach Thomas Tuchel.
And that run continued on Saturday as hosts Nice became the latest side to feel PSG’S wrath.
Neymar was on target twice on the Cote d’azur in a 3-0 victory, scoring either side of Christopher Nkunku as Tuchel’s men romped to another three points.
And with a perfect eight from eight in 2017-18, a new record looms for the capital side.
Not since Olympique Lillois in 1936 has a Ligue 1 side started the season with eight consecutive wins, a full 82 years ago.
Earlier, Monaco slumped to their sixth defeat in all competitions this season when they lost 2-0 at Saint Etienne, a worrying setback just days before they face Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League. monaco, runners-up in Ligue 1 to PSG last season, remain third from bottom of the table with just one victory -achieved on the opening day of the campaign -- to their name. Friday’s loss was Monaco’s second defeat of the week after they went down 1-0 to Angers on Tuesday. That embarrassment prompted under-fire coach Leonardo Jardim to make seven changes to his starting line-up but the radical surgery had little effect.