PSG Beat Auxerre 5-0

Kylian Mbappe opened the scoring in Paris Saint-Germain's unbeaten league leadership 5-0 win against Auxerre on Sunday, and Lionel Messi, Neymar, and Mbappe all started against Auxerre as the side maintained its five-point lead in the French league over second-place Lens. Neymar and Messi came off with about 15 minutes left, but Mbappe played the full match despite being near the end the previous weekend with muscle fatigue. Mbappe will be in Qatar with France's squad on Wednesday before flying out to Qatar the following day. "As soon as my players had made the difference, I protected them," Christophe Galthie explained. "I quickly changed things to help them." Marquinhos had some muscle discomfort in Auxerre and PSG didn't hold back against Auxerre despite the fear of getting an injury late in the game, as Mbappe's opening goal came 10 minutes after play began.