Bale strikes P23 in vital Madrid victory SPORTS 2424 Tuesday, September 19, 2017 Mbappe makes winning Paris far, and so it proved. ylian Mbappe played a decisive Despite their 466 million euro strike role on his Parc des Princes debut force of Neymar, Edinson Cavani and forK Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday in Mbappe seven time former champions a thrilling 2-0 win over Lyon with both Lyon emerged with plenty of honour, if goals accreditated to the visitors. not the three points. debut Lyon’s youngsters proved more than PSG were restricted to just a handful a match for PSG’s multi-millionaires of shots in the first period as Lyon’s who had to wait until the last quarter of defence doggedly refused to roll over. an hour before Lyon defender Marcelo PSG’s best chances came a minute deflected the ball into his own goal. from the break when on a counter Then four minutes from time attack Mbappe, appearing before his Mbappe rushed onto Neymar’s home supporters for the first time after assist with his close range shot outings at Metz and Celtic, fed Neymar bounding off Jeremy Morel to with the Brazilian’s rasping shot boxed settle the electric encounter. away by Lyon keeper Anthony Lopes. This sixth successive league On the restart Mbappe was switched win pushed Unai Emery’s side to take Neymar’s place on the right. three points clear of defending The second half was only minutes champions Monaco who old when Lyon striker Nabil Fekir had maintained their title troubled PSG keeper Alphonse Aerola push with a 3-0 win over with a tight-angled shot. Strasbourg 24 hours earlier. On 55 minutes Neymar flicked the Lyon’s visit on paper had ensuing freekick over the wall only for looked to be PSG’s toughest a diving Lopes to parry the ball away test of the Ligue 1 season so from the top far corner. (AFP) Paris Saint-Germain’s French forward Kylian Mbappe (L) vies with Lyon’s French defender Ferland Mendy Hon.Chairman Najeb Yacob Alhamer | Responsible Editor Mahmood AI Mahmood | Managing Editor Soman Baby | Managing Director P. Unnikrishnan | Adviser Med Jones Advt : Strategic Publicity & Advertising Co.W.L.L | Tel: 17270710, Fax17256470, Email: [email protected] | Newsroom: Tel: 17579911, Fax17250150, Email: [email protected] Printed and published by Al Ayam Publishing | Subscription & circulation: Tel: 38444698/17579877/Fax17250150, Email:[email protected] | Website: www.dt.bh.