PSG beats 10-man Marseille in Le Classique
Paris Saint-Germain's stunning first half display saw it claim Le Classique bragging rights as it swept aside 10-man Marseille 3-0 at Orange Velodrome.
The Parisien side moved three points clear at the Ligue 1 summit after Monaco's defeat to Nice, with Luis Enrique's side extending its unbeaten record away from home to 29 matches.
A dominant start by the visitors was rewarded in the seventh minute when Nuno Mendes's cross was spilt by Geronimo Rulli, with Joao Neves on hand to open the scoring with his first goal for the club.
It then went from bad to worse for Marseille when Amine Harit was shown a straight red card for a high challenge on Marquinhos, leaving Roberto De Zerbi's side with an uphill task of salvaging anything from the game.
PSG then hammered home its man advantage nine minutes after Harit's dismissal when the unfortunate Leonardo Balerdi turned the ball into his own net.
Bradley Barcola all but sealed the triumph before the break, firing home his eighth league goal in nine games to cap an impressive first 45 minutes for the visitors.
They were unable to add further gloss to the scoreline after the break, though, but the damage had already been done by their ruthless first-half showing.
