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02/08 17:08 CST Dembl stars as PSG crushes bitter rival Marseille 5-0 to
regain top spot in Ligue 1
Dembl stars as PSG crushes bitter rival Marseille 5-0 to regain top spot in
Ligue 1
By JEROME PUGMIRE
AP Sports Writer
PARIS (AP) --- Ballon d'Or winner Ousmane Dembl starred with two goals and an
assist as Paris Saint-Germain crushed bitter rival Marseille 5-0 to reclaim top
spot in Ligue 1 on Sunday.
The win restored defending champion PSG's two-point lead over Lens after 21
rounds, with Marseille in fourth place behind Lyon after the humiliating defeat.
"We wanted to send a message that we're back," Dembl said after PSG's biggest
winning margin against Marseille.
"It was almost perfect," PSG coach Luis Enrique said. "It's an important day
for our fans because we made history, 5-0 never happened before."
Despite PSG's attacking flair, Marseille coach Roberto De Zerbi's choices will
be scrutinized following a truly dismal performance from his side lacking
composure and fight. Marseille was eliminated from the Champions League
following a 3-0 defeat against Club Brugge less than two weeks ago.
"Once again, I say sorry to the fans," De Zerbi said. "I'm not in the players'
heads. I thought we had prepared well for this game but clearly not. We need to
understand why we played this way in Bruges and here."
Top scorer Mason Greenwood, fellow forward Amine Gouiri and new signing Ethan
Nwaneri were anonymous in attack, with veteran Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on the
bench.
De Zerbi dropped goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli after a couple of poor performances
and replaced him with Jeffrey de Lange, who was out of sorts, albeit not helped
by his defense.
De Lange was easily beaten when Dembl side-footed in a cross from left back
Nuno Mendes in the 12th minute following a quick break launched by Dsir Dou.
However, PSG could have been down to 10 players before then. Midfielder Vitinha
caught defender Leonardo Balerdi's ankle with a late tackle but escaped with a
yellow card.
Having denied Bradley Barcola with a fine low save, De Lange was beaten again
in the 37th when Dembl profited from a glaring error from Balerdi.
He let the ball through his legs on PSG's right flank, allowing Dembl to
attack the penalty area, dribble past him and find the roof of the net.
"We can't accept this, we don't come here to play like this," said Balerdi, who
did not mention his own performance. "We were not good enough and you could see
it. Against such a team you pay for it."
Marseille's weak defense cracked in 10 second-half minutes, with Facundo Medina
scoring an own-goal over the head of De Lange, and Dembl setting up Khvicha
Kvaratskhelia for a clinical volley before Lee Kang-in slotted home the fifth.
Marseille's 1-0 win over PSG in September will seem like a distant memory.
Fans closely watched PSG fans were in the spotlight after last season's match at Parc des Princes was marred by homophobic and racist chanting, with a warning to "stop discriminatory chants" posted on the giant screen. There were brief discriminatory chants about Marseille at the start of the game and referee Willy Delajod stopped play for about one minute around the 70th, at which point a message was posted on the big screen.
Khn gets away with blunder Monaco goalkeeper Philipp Khn got away with a blunder in a 0-0 draw at Nice in the French Riviera derby. Khn stopped the ball going out for a corner but slid and mis-kicked it to attacking midfielder Sofiane Diop on the edge of the penalty area in the 72nd minute. Diop's curling shot was going in until defender Thilo Kehrer acrobatically heeled the ball away. Folarin Balogun hit the crossbar for Monaco in the third minute.
Other matches Veteran striker Ciro Immobile drew a blank on his league debut for Paris FC in a 0-0 draw at Auxerre. During the 2019-20 season he finished as the "Capocannoniere" (top scorer) in the Italian league with 36 goals for Lazio and has scored 304 goals overall at club level. Immobile played forward Jonathan Ikon clean through during the second half, but Ikon's shot was saved. Angers moved up to ninth after beating Toulouse 1-0 thanks to a brilliant lob from defender Lilian Raolisoa from nearly 40 meters out in the 89th. Le Havre moved up to 13th after winning 2-1 at home to Strasbourg. Lens beat Rennes 3-1 on Saturday. ___ AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer
Fans closely watched PSG fans were in the spotlight after last season's match at Parc des Princes was marred by homophobic and racist chanting, with a warning to "stop discriminatory chants" posted on the giant screen. There were brief discriminatory chants about Marseille at the start of the game and referee Willy Delajod stopped play for about one minute around the 70th, at which point a message was posted on the big screen.
Khn gets away with blunder Monaco goalkeeper Philipp Khn got away with a blunder in a 0-0 draw at Nice in the French Riviera derby. Khn stopped the ball going out for a corner but slid and mis-kicked it to attacking midfielder Sofiane Diop on the edge of the penalty area in the 72nd minute. Diop's curling shot was going in until defender Thilo Kehrer acrobatically heeled the ball away. Folarin Balogun hit the crossbar for Monaco in the third minute.
Other matches Veteran striker Ciro Immobile drew a blank on his league debut for Paris FC in a 0-0 draw at Auxerre. During the 2019-20 season he finished as the "Capocannoniere" (top scorer) in the Italian league with 36 goals for Lazio and has scored 304 goals overall at club level. Immobile played forward Jonathan Ikon clean through during the second half, but Ikon's shot was saved. Angers moved up to ninth after beating Toulouse 1-0 thanks to a brilliant lob from defender Lilian Raolisoa from nearly 40 meters out in the 89th. Le Havre moved up to 13th after winning 2-1 at home to Strasbourg. Lens beat Rennes 3-1 on Saturday. ___ AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer
