French Ligue 1
Report: Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 Lille
Date: 09 December 2017
Venue: Parc de Princes
Goals from Angel Di Maria, Javier Pastore and Kylian Mbappe helped Paris Saint-Germain, register a 3-1 win over Lille at the Parc de Princes on Saturday evening.
The hosts went close to scoring in the seventh minute when Dani Alves weaved his way into the box, before firing over the crossbar.
Unai Emery's charges continued to dominate, but they were let down by their decision-making in the final third.
However, PSG were not to be denied in the 28th minute, as Angel Di Maria opened the scoring by heading home Kylian Mbappe's cross.
That proved to be the final piece of goal-mouth action in the first half, as PSG went into the break with a one-goal advantage.
Three minutes into the second half, the hosts doubled their lead as Di Maria turned provider to set up Javier Pastore, who rifled the ball home from close range.
Mbappe nearly got his name on the score-sheet on 75 minutes, but his powerful effort crashed against the upright.
Three minutes later, Alphonse Areola made his first save of the game, as the PSG goalkeeper did well to deny Anwar El Ghazi.
El Ghazi was not to be denied in the 87th minute, as he reduced the deficit with a close-range finish.
PSG pushed for a third goal in the closing stages and they were rewarded, in the third minute of stoppage time thanks to a strike from Mbappe, 3-1.
