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Irresistible Parisians Down Islanders

Performance of the week goes the league leaders Paris Saint-Germain. Winning 4-0 over Bastia in a game that could have been a potential banana skin. The secret to PSG’s success was to completely dominate the midfield battle, and without their normal trio of Blaise Matuidi, Thiago Motta and Marco Verratti the result gives Laurent Blanc even more cause for celebration.

With Matuidi partnered with Adrien Rabiot and the more attacking Hervin Ongenda they still controlled the middle of the park. Attempting 650 passes, completing 90% of them and controlling 60% of the games possession, this gave the home side the time and space to pick apart Bastia. The 4-0 score line suggests that Bastia failed to turn up in Paris but they actually gave a decent account of themselves, but just couldn’t compete with the impressive Parisians.

They had 11 shots on goal, only two on target and neither forced Sirigu to make anything more than a comfortable save. Defensively they made 19 tackles, 17 interceptions and 11 clearances, however when the opposition have a player of the calibre of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, a player capable of the impossible, you are always going to struggle.

It was a moment of sheer brilliance from the Swede that gave PSG the lead on Saturday, with one flick of his right-heel he began a game of “Who can score the most outrageous goal” with team-mate Edinson Cavani.