European round-up: Kylian Mbappe scores twice as Paris Saint-Germain thump Lyon

03.09.2023 - 22:47 rte.ie

Kylian Mbappe warmed up for France's Euro 2024 qualifier with the Republic of Ireland by scoring twice as Paris Saint-Germain powered to a 4-1 win over troubled Lyon in Ligue 1.Achraf Hakimi and Marco Asensio also got on the scoresheet at the Groupama Stadium as PSG piled on the misery for under-fire home manager Laurent Blanc.The result left Lyon bottom of the table with just one point from four games.They were overtaken by Clermont, who claimed their first point of the season by fighting back from 2-0 down to snatch a last-gasp 2-2 draw against Toulouse.

Florent Ogier scored their injury-time equaliser.Metz and Reims also drew 2-2 while Le Havre overpowered Lorient 3-0, Lille edged out Montpellier 1-0 and Nice saw off Strasbourg 2-0.Robert Lewandowski scored an 85th-minute winner from the spot as Barcelona snatched a 2-1 LaLiga victory at ten-man Osasuna on Sunday.The Spanish champions were outplayed for large spells of the game at El Sadar but Jules Kounde put them ahead in first-half injury-time.Chimy Avila looked to have rescued a deserved point for the hosts after 76 minutes but Alejandro Catena was sent off for pulling back Lewandowski in the box and the Pole scored the resulting penalty.Elsewhere, Portu scored in the 88th minute to hand Girona a 1-0 win over Las Palmas that leaves them second, two points behind Real Madrid, while Mallorca and Athletic Bilbao played out a goalless draw.Lautaro Martinez struck twice as Inter Milan moved to the top of Serie A with an emphatic 4-0 win over Fiorentina at San Siro.Marcus Thuram and Hakan Calhanoglu, with a penalty, also got on the scoresheet as Inter maintained their 100% start to the campaign.Juventus continued their unbeaten start with a 2-0 triumph at Empoli.

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Paris Saint-Germain slipped to their first loss of the Ligue 1 season despite a Kylian Mbappe double as an impressive Nice secured a 3-2 victory at the Parc des Princes on Friday, with Terem Moffi scoring twice. PSG fell behind less than midway through the first half as Moffi found the net following a poor mistake by Mbappe. The France striker made amends on the half-hour mark, but Gaetan Laborde restored Nice's lead eight minutes after the break and Moffi put another past the ragged hosts.

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