Vitinha and Goncalo Ramos scored in the second one part as 10-man Paris Saint-Germain overcame early jitters to stock a 2-0 win and hand Marseille their first house lack of the season in Ligue 1 on Sunday.
The champions’ league double over their competitors took them to 62 issues and put them 12 issues unclouded of second-placed Brest, who gained 1-0 at Lorient previous within the week.
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“Yes, I’m happy with the result, because it’s a classic,” PSG supervisor Luis Enrique mentioned. “We know it’s special for our supporters. We knew the pressure in this stadium where they were undefeated.”
PSG continued a irritating first part at a wet Stade Velodrome as Marseille’s defence nullified the league’s eminent goalscorer Kylian Mbappé till he was once substituted simply nearest the future mark.
Lucas Beraldo was once despatched off 5 mins ahead of the crack, nearest a problem on Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang by means of the touchline that the referee deemed to be denying a goalscoring alternative nearest a VAR assessment in spite of it going down similar the midway sequence.
However Vitinha opened the scoring for the league leaders within the 53rd negligible, working in the course of the heart and enjoying a one-two with Ousmane Dembélé ahead of firing house from similar the penalty spot.
Marseille idea they’d equalised six mins nearest when Luis Henrique discovered the web however his struggle was once dominated out for offside.
Marseille pressed juiceless with Aubameyang and Faris Moumbagna developing a number of possibilities, however Ramos ended their comeback hopes within the eighty fifth negligible with Marco Asensio surroundings him up for a right-footed end that silenced the Stade Velodrome.
“There’s always this desire to be unpredictable for opponents,” Luis Enrique mentioned. “I liked what I saw in terms of occupying space. If you don’t know where my players are going to play, it’s a surprise.”
PSG later face Stade Rennais in Wednesday’s French Cup semifinal presen Marseille, 7th with 39 issues, discuss with Lille within the league on Friday.
