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PARIS (AP) — Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored two more as Paris Saint-Germain crushed Toulouse 5-0 to move provisionally 13 points clear of Lyon at the top of the French league on Saturday.
PSG squandered a host of chances in a 1-0 defeat at Real Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday — its first defeat this season — but took only six minutes to find the net as winger Angel Di Maria scored in a second successive league game.
Ibrahimovic has nine goals in eight French league games. PSG's all-time leading scorer made it 2-0 after 18 minutes.
Winger Lucas scored midway through the second half, Ibrahimovic got his second of the match in the 75th, and substitute Ezequiel Lavezzi finished off the rout.
At Parc des Princes, Di Maria scored with a long-range shot that bounced just in front of goalkeeper Ali Ahamada, before Ibrahimovic and Lucas padded out the lead with headers.
Lucas was involved in the fourth goal, dribbling through the defense and forcing a save from Ahamada, with Ibrahimovic reacting first to tap home his 115th goal in 140 games since joining PSG from AC Milan in the 2012-13 season.
Lavezzi gave the goal-hungry fans more to cheer when he capped off the rout with his first league goal since Aug. 30.
With Lyon not hosting bitter local rival Saint-Etienne until Sunday, Caen was looking to move into provisional second place with a home win against Guingamp later Saturday.
In Saturday's other matches, it was: Lille vs. Bastia; Montpellier vs. Nantes; Lorient vs. Troyes, and Reims vs. Ajaccio.
In Sunday's other games, Marseille hosts Nice, and Bordeaux faces Monaco.
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