Mauro Icardi and Kylian Mbappe both scored twice as Paris Saint-Germain demolished their old rivals Marseille 4-0 on Sunday in a game that further laid bare the gulf that exists between the sides and allowed the reigning champions to extend their lead at the top of Ligue 1, reports AFP.
Icardi scored twice in the first 26 minutes at the Parc des Princes and Mbappe, on his return to the starting line-up after a recent struggle with injury, added a brace of his own before the interval against Andre Villas-Boas's hapless visitors in the 'Classique'.
Again preferred to all-time club record goal-scorer Edinson Cavani in attack, on-loan Inter Milan striker Icardi now has seven goals in PSG's last five games.
PSG are eight points clear already at the top of Ligue 1, with this win coming after second-placed Nantes lost 1-0 at home to Monaco on Friday.
It is a long time since Marseille have been a match for their rivals from the capital.
This game may have been very different had Valere Germain found the net rather than fire wide from Dimitri Payet's ball into the box in the 10th minute. Instead, PSG went straight up to the other end of the field and seized the lead.
Angel Di Maria crossed for Icardi, whose header was saved by Steve Mandanda. However, Icardi was on hand to convert the rebound.
Icardi was then denied by Mandanda after Mbappe set up the Argentine with a brilliant flick, but he snatched his second of the night on 26 minutes, getting to Marco Verratti's ball into the box before Mandanda and nodding in.
PSG then began to toy with their visitors and got their third of the evening just after the half-hour as Verratti's pass sprung the offside trap and found Di Maria, who squared for Mbappe to tap in.
Di Maria has been in outstanding form recently and got his second assist of this game with a stunning outside-of-the-boot pass to release Mbappe to make it 4-0 at the end of a mesmerising team move.
Marseille at least stemmed the flow in the second half, preventing PSG from adding any further goals and thereby avoiding greater humiliation. They remain seventh, just two points adrift of the top three.
