Paris punish St-Étienne, Bordeaux drop points
Sunday, August 31, 2014
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Zlatan Ibrahimović scored a hat-tick as Paris Saint-Germain defeated AS Saint-Étienne 5-0 on a day when leaders FC Girondins de Bordeaux lost their unblemished record.
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• Zlatan Ibrahimović plunders a hat-trick as Paris sweep aside St-Étienne 5-0, an own goal from goalkeeper Stéphane Ruffier beginning the damage.
• Edinson Cavani also found the net as Les Verts suffer their biggest Ligue 1 loss since 1995.
• Laurent Blanc's men sit two points off the top after leaders FC Girondins de Bordeaux drop their first points in a 1-1 draw with SC Bastia.
• Olympique Lyonnais go down 2-1 at FC Metz for their third loss in four games – their worst ever start to a season in the elite.