Lille v Paris Saint-Germain ratings: Grbic 3, Ben Arfa 7; Messi 9, Mbappe 8

Paris Saint-Germain produced a superb attacking performance to thrash champions Lille 5-1 in Ligue 1 on Sunday.

Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe were among the goals while Lille goalkeeper Ivo Grbic had nightmare game at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy.

PSG, who were knocked out of the French Cup on penalties by Nice in midweek, were far too strong for a Lille side languishing in 11th place after a seventh defeat of their title defence.

Mauricio Pochettino's side are 13 points clear of second-place Marseille at the top of Ligue 1.

In a disastrous start for Lille, Grbic somehow dropped Nuno Mendes' low cross despite being under no pressure, and Danilo duly stabbed into an empty net after 10 minutes.

Former PSG player Hatem Ben Arfa, making his first start following his surprise January move to Lille, set up Sven Botman with a fine run and pass for the defender to equalise before the half-hour mark.

But PSG were back in front in the 32nd minute as Grbic totally missed Messi's fine corner and Presnel Kimpembe bundled home from close range.

Messi grabbed his first goal of 2022 in slightly fortuitous fashion when Botman's attempted clearance richoched of the Argentine's shin, but there was nothing lucky about the lovely dinked finish over Grbic.

PSG quickly put paid to any thoughts of a second-half Lille comeback when Danilo scored his second goal after being teed-up by Leandro Paredes — the Portuguese midfielder's shot took a wicked deflection to send the ball spinning into the bottom corner.

There was nothing the goalkeeper could do to keep about PSG's fifth midway through the second half as Mbappe unleashed a magnificent, curling strike from outside the area into the top corner.

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