Mbappe scores twice and PSG beats Lyon ruthlessly.

With two goals from Kylian Mbappe, Paris Saint-Germain easily defeated their crisis-ridden opponents 4-1 on Sunday at Olympique Lyonnais, dropping them to the bottom of Ligue 1.

 

With two goals from Mbappe in the first half, PSG produced a merciless display that bodes well for the remainder of the season between goals from Achraf Hakimi and Marco Asensio.

With just one point from four games, Corentin Tolisso's penalty kick in the second half gave Lyon a response, but the seven-time former French champions are currently bottom of the standings after a terrible start to the season.

Laurent Blanc's team trails Lens and Clermont, the division runners-up from the previous campaign, on goal differential.

PSG, on the other hand, have won two straight games after drawing their first two, and they are now in second place in the league, two points behind Monaco, the early leaders.

Luis Enrique's team are building towards the start of their Champions League campaign which will see them come up against Borussia Dortmund, AC Milan and Newcastle United in the group stage.

They still have Randal Kolo Muani to come into the team after the France striker joined from Eintracht Frankfurt in a reported 90m-euro ($97m) deal just before the transfer window closed Friday.

This game came too soon for Kolo Muani to make his debut, but there was a first appearance for Bradley Barcola after he joined from Lyon Thursday for a fee that could reach 50m euros.

Barcola came off the bench late on to a chorus of jeers and whistles from the home support, but the game was well and truly over by then.

PSG went ahead in the fourth minute as Mbappe netted a penalty after Manuel Ugarte's pressing led to him being brought down in the box by Tolisso.

Hakimi made it 2-0 on 20 minutes, following in to score after Lyon goalkeeper Anthony Lopes had turned a low Ousmane Dembele cross from the right out into his path.

The visitors needed Gianluigi Donnarumma to make fine saves from Rayan Cherki and Tolisso, while in between that Hakimi hit the bar at the end of a lighting PSG counterattack.

They scored again on 38 minutes in clinical fashion, Ugarte releasing Asensio for the former Real Madrid man to score his second goal in as many games.

Asensio turned provider as PSG made it 4-0 in first-half stoppage time, sending Mbappe through to beat Lopes for his second of the night and his fifth in three games since returning to the team following a contract dispute.

The final score could have been embarrassing for Lyon but Dembele hit the bar with a header early in the second half and the hosts then won a penalty in the 73rd minute.

A lengthy Video Assistant Referee check deciphered a trip by Warren Zaire-Emery on Nicolas Tagliafico, and Tolisso tucked in the resulting spot kick.

Yet Lyon's dreadful start to the season on the pitch comes amid turbulence off it under new American owner John Textor, who was not able to make the summer signings he desired because of the club's financial situation.

The team's results pile pressure on coach Blanc, the former PSG boss who took over less than a year ago.

Lyon are bottom after Clermont claimed their first point of the season earlier Sunday, equalizing late on to draw 2-2 at Toulouse.

There were also wins Sunday for Le Havre, Lille and Nice.

Monaco went clear at the summit with a 3-0 win over Lens Saturday.

RESULTS

Toulouse 2 (Aboukhlal 8, Magri 14) Clermont 2 (Kyei 34-P, Ogier 90+6)

Le Havre 3 (Kuzyaev 53, Alioui 70, Mbemba 90+6) Lorient 0

Lille 1 (Yazici 2) Montpellier 0

Metz 2 (Sabaly 7, Jallow 63) Reims 2 (Diakite 17, Teuma 52)

Nice 2 (Atal 45+2, Moffi 75) Strasbourg 0

Lyon 1 (Tolisso 74-P) PSG 4 (Mbappe 4-P, 45+2, Hakimi 20, Asensio 38)

Saturday

Brest 0 Rennes 0

Monaco 3 (Singo 24, Golovin 36, Maripan 59) Lens 0

Friday

Nantes 1 (Mohamed 39) Marseille 1 (Sarr 4)