Di Maria haunting Real Madrid

PSG 3 REAL MADRID 0

Angel Di Maria ensured Paris St Germain sent out a statement to the rest of Europe with his double in a 3-0 Champions League win over Real Madrid.

The Argentinian haunted his old club with a first-half brace at Parc des Princes.

It increases the pressure on Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane.

For PSG and Thomas Tuchel, this victory has put them top of Group A and demonstrated they can cope without the key attacking trio of Neymar, Edinson Cavani and Kylian Mbappe.

The former Madrid winger opened the scoring with 14 on the clock, firing past Thibaut Courtois at his near post from eight yards out.

Gareth Bale went close with a freekick attempt just past the half-hour mark and then Tuchel saw his team double their advantage.

Former Everton midfielder Idrissa Gueye was heavily involved, charging forward with the ball by the touchline before he found his team-mate in space.

Di Maria helped Madrid win La Decima in 2014 and reminded them again of his quality with a wonderful curling strike into the bottom corner, which again left Courtois with no chance.

Neymar and Mbappe were sitting next to each other in the stand and could not contain their delight, but it was almost quickly diminished two minutes later in the 35th minute.

Bale controlled Presnel Kimpembe’s clearance and sumptuously lobbed over Navas from just inside the area on the right-hand side, but VAR ruled he had handled the ball in the build-up and it was disallowed.

PSG grabbed a third in stoppage time. A swift counter-attack saw Thomas Meunier apply the finish, after another Bernat assist,

Juventus drew 2-2 at Atletico Madrid, while Bayern Munich ran out comfortable 3-0 winners at home to Red Star Belgrade.

Angel Di Maria scored twice for PSG in their win over his former side Real Madrid.