Mauro Icardi and Kylian Mbappe both scored twice as Paris Saint-Germain demolished their old rivals Marseille 4-0 on Sunday in a game that further laid bare the gulf that exists between the sides and allowed the reigning champions to extend their lead at the top of Ligue 1.
Icardi scored twice in the first 26 minutes at the Parc des Princes and Mbappe, on his return to the starting line-up after a recent struggle with injury, added a brace of his own before the interval against Andre Villas-Boas's hapless visitors in the 'Classique'.
Again preferred to all-time club record goal-scorer Edinson Cavani in attack, on-loan Inter Milan striker Icardi now has seven goals in PSG's last five games.
Mbappe, scorer of a hat-trick in the 5-0 win at Club Brugge in the Champions League in midweek, has six in his last three matches -- he scored a hat-trick as a substitute in Belgium before starting here for the first time in two months.
PSG are eight points clear already at the top of Ligue 1, with this win coming after second-placed Nantes lost 1-0 at home to Monaco on Friday.
Another league title already looks inevitable, with Thomas Tuchel's team once more far too strong for one of the clubs seen as their most likely challengers at the beginning of the campaign.
PSG were again without the injured Neymar here, while Idrissa Gueye -- their most impressive midfielder this season -- was also sidelined, but neither was missed.
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There remains much hype around this fixture in France as it brings together the country's two best-supported clubs, yet it is a long time since Marseille have been a match for their rivals from the capital.
For a period in the 1990s, the two sides were fighting it out with one another at the top of the table. Now, with PSG transformed into the dominant force in Ligue 1 since the Qatari takeover of the club in 2011, Marseille cannot compete on or off the field.
- Eight winless years -
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