Paris St-Germain youngster Timothee Pembele scored his first goal for the club as they beat Strasbourg to keep pace with Ligue 1 leaders Lyon.
Defender Pembele, 18, opened the scoring, sweeping up a rebound from Angel Di Maria’s shot to poke home.
A Kylian Mbappe tap-in, a screamer from ex-Everton midfielder Idrissa Gueye and an instinctive finish Toffees loanee Moise Kean secured the points.
PSG remain third, one point adrift of the top two.
Neymar is still missing for PSG because of ankle injury but the home side secured victory in the closing stages as three of the four goals came in the last 10 minutes.
Elsewhere, Lyon beat Nantes and Lille secured a narrow 3-2 victory over Montpellier to remain first and second respectively.
Thomas Tuchel’s PSG have dropped points on six occasions in the French league but now head into the winter break as Ligue 1 resumes on 6 January 2021.
Line-ups
PSG
- 1Navas
- 4Kehrer
- 5Marquinhos
- 25Bakker
- 32Pembele
- 12RafinhaSubstituted forDraxlerat 83′minutes
- 21HerreraSubstituted forGueyeat 78′minutes
- 6Verratti
- 31Dagba
- 11Di MaríaSubstituted forFadigaat 89′minutes
- 7MbappéSubstituted forKeanat 84′minutes
Substitutes
- 16Rico
- 18Kean
- 23Draxler
- 27Gueye
- 30Letellier
- 36Ruiz-Atil
- 37Fadiga
Strasbourg
- 16Kawashima
- 2SimakanSubstituted forChahiriat 89′minutes
- 13Mitrovic
- 24Djiku
- 10Lala
- 27SissokoSubstituted forThomassonat 64′minutes
- 6Aholou
- 11LienardSubstituted forPrcicat 64′minutes
- 23Carole
- 17BellegardeSubstituted forDialloat 77′minutes
- 25Ajorque
Substitutes
- 14Prcic
- 18Siby
- 19Caci
- 20Zohi
- 21Chahiri
- 26Thomasson
- 28Diallo
- 29Aaneba
- 40Pierre
- Referee:
- Jerome Miguelgorry
Live Text
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Match ends, Paris Saint Germain 4, Strasbourg 0.
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Second Half ends, Paris Saint Germain 4, Strasbourg 0.
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Foul by Mitchel Bakker (Paris Saint Germain).
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Habib Diallo (Strasbourg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Goal! Paris Saint Germain 4, Strasbourg 0. Moise Kean (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
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Attempt blocked. Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Julian Draxler.
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Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Bandiougou Fadiga replaces Ángel Di María.
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Substitution, Strasbourg. Mehdi Chahiri replaces Mohamed Simakan.
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Goal! Paris Saint Germain 3, Strasbourg 0. Idrissa Gueye (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Julian Draxler.
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Attempt blocked. Kenny Lala (Strasbourg) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jean Eudes Aholou.
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Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Moise Kean replaces Kylian Mbappé.
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Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Julian Draxler replaces Rafinha.
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Rafinha (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Adrien Thomasson (Strasbourg).
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Goal! Paris Saint Germain 2, Strasbourg 0. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ángel Di María.
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Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Idrissa Gueye replaces Ander Herrera.
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Substitution, Strasbourg. Habib Diallo replaces Jean-Ricner Bellegarde.
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Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Adrien Thomasson (Strasbourg).
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Rafinha (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
