Caen vs Paris Saint-Germain. French Ligue 1.
Stade Michel-d'OrnanoAttendance19,206.
Friday 16 September 2016 22:07, UK
Edinson Cavani scored four times in the first half as Paris Saint-Germain moved level on points with Ligue 1 leaders Monaco thanks to an emphatic 6-0 win over Caen on Friday.
The hosts made a decent start and could easily have been 1-0 ahead in the opening minutes, but Cavani failed to find the target from close range.
Damien Da Silva saw a header flash agonisingly wide at the other end before the visitors took a 12th-minute lead.
Lucas Moura failed to get a telling touch from Maxwell's delivery but Cavani was on hand to slot home at the back post, with the aid of the upright.
And PSG doubled their lead midway through the first half when Ben Youssef fouled Lucas inside the area and Cavani slotted home the resulting spot-kick to double his tally inside the opening 25 minutes.
Lucas continued to cause problems and twice went close but some smart goalkeeping from Remy Vercoutre and a last-minute Da Silva clearance saved them before Cavani helped himself to a third.
Maxwell did all the hard work and, after another surging run, he set up Cavani for a simple finish to hand the champions an unassailable advantage before the break.
But the Uruguayan had not finished there as he made it 4-0 in first-half added time, dragging a first-time shot across Vercoutre from Thomas Meunier's neat pass.
Cavani was replaced at the interval but that did not halt PSG's charge as Lucas made it 5-0 after 67 minutes with a decent 20-yard effort that was palmed into the net by Vercoutre.
Then, with little over 10 minutes left to play, substitute Jean-Kevin Augustin got in on the act, emphatically hammering home after Adrien Rabiot and Maxwell combined.
