Matador Cavani sends PSG top

AFP, PARIS: A goal apiece from Edinson Cavani and Angel di Maria gave Paris Saint-Germain a 2-0 win over Montpellier to send the champions top of Ligue 1 for the first time this season on Saturday.
PSG now have 80 points from 34 games to top Ligue 1 provisionally while second placed Monaco, the Champions League semi-finalists, have 77 points from 32 ahead of a challenging trip to Lyon on Sunday.
In hommage to the Parisian policeman murdered on the Champs Elysees in a terror attack on Thursday, two policemen symbolically took the kick off, while the players all wore black armbands in mourning.
Given the reverse fixture was a resounding 3-0 win for Montpellier the star-studded Parisian outfit needed to be on their guard and occasionally rode their luck.
But Unai Emery's charges have now steamrollered to eight straight wins since their humiliating Champions League meltdown in Barcelona.
Cavani, known as El Matador for his killer instinct in front of goal, converted Blaise Matuidi's neat cross after leaving his marker with the drop of a shoulder and dummying the 'keeper from around the penalty spot for his 31st league goal of the campaign.

Matador Cavani sends PSG top

AFP, PARIS: A goal apiece from Edinson Cavani and Angel di Maria gave Paris Saint-Germain a 2-0 win over Montpellier to send the champions top of Ligue 1 for the first time this season on Saturday. PSG now have 80 points from 34 games to top Ligue 1 provisionally while second placed Monaco, the Champions League semi-finalists, have 77 points from 32 ahead of a challenging trip to Lyon on Sunday. In hommage to the Parisian policeman murdered on the Champs Elysees in a terror attack on Thursday, two policemen symbolically took the kick off, while the players all wore black armbands in mourning. Given the reverse fixture was a resounding 3-0 win for Montpellier the star-studded Parisian outfit needed to be on their guard and occasionally rode their luck. But Unai Emerys charges have now steamrollered to eight straight wins since their humiliating Champions League meltdown in Barcelona. Cavani, known as El Matador for his killer instinct in front of goal, converted Blaise Matuidis neat cross after leaving his marker with the drop of a shoulder and dummying the keeper from around the penalty spot for his 31st league goal of the campaign.