Neymar, Kylian Mbappe net hat tricks in Paris Saint-Germain rout of Clermont Foot

Parveen Singh

Clermont Foot vs PSG

PSG players celebrate after scoring a goal against Clermont Foot in Ligue

Kylian Mbappe and Neymar were on fire on Saturday as both scored hat-tricks as Paris Saint-Germain hammered Clermont Foot 6-1 away to move a step closer to the Ligue 1 title.

Mbappe, who scored two and set up two last weekend against Lorient, struck both sides of the interval, just like Neymar, to take his league season tally to 20 and put PSG on 71 points from 31 games.

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Parveen Singh

Clermont Foot vs PSG

Clermont, who reduced the arrears through Jodel Dossou, are 17th on 28 points after their fifth defeat in a row.

In Clermont, PSG overcame mediocre first half to ultimately blow out their minnow hosts.

Neymar put them ahead after six minutes, firing home with a low crossed shot after being set up by Lionel Messi.

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Clermont, however, hit back just before half-time when Saif-Eddine Khaoui's cross was met by Dossou, who found the back of the net with a right-footed effort from the penalty spot.

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Clermont Foot vs PSG

Six minutes later, Mbappe was at it again, benefiting from a nice combination between Messi and Neymar to curl a shot into the top corner.

Seven minutes from time, Mbappe rushed into the area and his pass was collected by Neymar who coolly finished it off from close range.

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