Ousmane Dembele's second half Brace and goals from Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Vitinha sent Paris St. Germain to a 4-1 home victory as Monaco on Friday, keeping their undefeated run and their lead in Ligue 1.
PSG, who announced contract extensions for coach Luis Enrique, Achraf Hakimi, Nuno Mendes and Vitinha before the game, achieved their 16th victory in 21 games to reach 53 points, 13 for second place Marseille, who has a competition in hand.
Vitinha opened the score for only six minutes when he sent his low free kick in the nearby pole to beat the Monaco goalkeeper before Denis Zakaria equalized for the visitors by scoring from a tight corner of Soungoutou Magassa's fine through the ball in the 17th minute.
Although both parties had opportunities to take the lead before the break, it was PSG's new signing Kvaratskhelia that held the hosts again with his first goal for the club after brilliant to cut in a defender in the box in the 54th minute.
Ligue 1 leading Scorer Dembele extended the benefit only three minutes later after a two-two with Desire Doue, and the 27-year-old winger sealed the route in a stop time with his 16th competition goal this season.
The French champions play next play at colleague Ligue 1 Outfit Brest in the Champions League Knock -Out Play -Ooffs on Tuesday.
Match -Events
6 'goal! PSG 1-0 Monaco (Vitinha)
17 'goal! PSG 1-1 Monaco (Denis Zakaria)
54 'goal! PSG 2-1 Monaco (Khvicha kvaratskhelia)
58 'goal! PSG 3-1 Monaco (Ousmane Dembélé)
90 'goal! PSG 4-1 Monaco (Ousmane Dembélé)
Line-ups
PSG XI: Marquinhos, Dembele, Fabian Ruiz, Donnarumma, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Vitinha, Pacho, Nuno Mendes, Barcola, Doue, João Neves
Subs: Kimpembe, Lucas, Hakimi, Safonov, Arnau tenas, Kang-in Lee, Gonçalo Ramos, Beraldo, Zague
Monaco Xi: Minamino, Kehrer, Embolo, Zakaria, Radoslaw Macecki, Caio Henrique, Mika Biereth, Vanderonon, Maghnes Akliouche, Soungoutou Magassa, Christian Mawissa
Subs: Golovin, Musrati, Diatta, Philipp Köhn, Mohammed Salisu, Lucas Michal, Mamadou Coulibaly, Kassoum Ouattara, Eliesse Ben Seghir
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