Mbappe scores 2 as PSG strikes into 2nd place in French league

French league top-scorer Kylian Mbappe scored twice as Paris Saint-Germain routed rock-bottom Dijon 4-0 to maneuver as much as second place on Saturday.
PSG was two factors forward of Lyon, which may reclaim second spot it it wins on Sunday.
Moise Kean gave visiting PSG the proper begin after 5 minutes. Mbappe and defender Abdou Diallo mixed down the left to seek out close to the penalty spot the Italy striker, who shifted the ball onto his proper foot and squeezed it inside the appropriate put up.
Mbappe netted a penalty within the thirty second following a handball and has transformed all 5 he has taken this season.
Five minutes after the break, he clipped the ball into the underside left nook after neatly being arrange by Rafinha for his 18th objective.
Center half Danilo headed within the fourth from a nook late on.

Elsewhere, Metz hit two late objectives to win at Bordeaux 2-1 with a last-minute objective from Cape Verdean ahead Vagner.
Metz’s enchancment underneath coach Frederic Antonetti continued because it rose to fifth place, whereas Bordeaux’s fifth defeat in six video games left it mired in mid-table.
Striker Samuel Kalu put Bordeaux forward within the thirteenth from Youssouf Sabaly’s cross. After defender Thomas Delaine equalized within the 71st with a high quality curling shot from the left, Vagner met Thierry Ambrose’s cross on the again put up.
SUNDAY GAMES
Marseille’s followers might be in a greater temper for the house sport in opposition to Lyon after unpopular president Jacques-Henri Eyraud was changed and Jorge Sampaoli was named as the brand new coach.
Lille faces lowly Strasbourg and Monaco appears to make it 12 league video games unbeaten when it hosts Brest.
Niko Kovac’s Monaco aspect has not misplaced since mid-December and comfortably received at PSG at 2-0 final weekend.
Lyon will transfer prime on objective distinction if it wins and Lille loses.