7-star PSG humiliate Monaco to regain title
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while cavanis second half of the campaign has proved less prolific than the blistering spell that yielded 19 goals before christmas the uruguayan bagged his league-best 25th goal with a powerful header from a yuri berchiche cross1 seven-star paris saint-germainpsg secured a fifth ligue 1 title in six seasons on sunday with a 7-1 rout of last years champions monaco1 rony lopes pulled a goal back for monaco as he scored for the eighth game in a row but di maria added a fifth before radamel falcao turned into his own net and julian draxler struck late on as psg romped to the clubs seventh championship1 with a fifth successive league cup already won psg completed the second leg of a domestic treble they are also through to the french cup semi-finals and could yet break their record 96-point haul from the 2015-16 campaign1 psg also became the first team in europes top leagues this season to reach 100 goals on a night they were without the injured neymar and kylian mbappe the teenager left on the bench after a bout of illness1 monaco arrived in paris unbeaten on their last eight league visits to the capital but any prospect of them prolonging psgs wait for the title quickly eroded1 kamil gliks absence in the heart of the visiting defence was acutely felt as lo celso started the move that resulted in the opening goal on 14 minutes sauntering into the box to tap in a dani alves cross1 unai emerys team blew monaco away in a first-half blitz that saw psg score four times in 14 minutes at the parc des princes with with lo celso striking either side of goals from edinson cavani and di maria1 cavani then released di maria with a superb hooked pass from inside his own half and the argentine raced clear before lifting an exquisite chip over the advancing danijel subasic1 sidibe injury concern1 javier pastore supplied lo celso to head in psgs fourth on 28 minutes and monaco suffered further misfortune when france international djibril sidibe was stretchered off with a leg injury a worrying sign for both club and country ahead of the world cup1 monaco briefly held up the onslaught as lopes turned home an almamy toure cross seven minutes before half-time for the in-form portugal internationals 13th goal this term1 but psg continued to attack at will and pastores assist for di maria allowed the winger to grab his second of the game on 59 minutes1 the hosts were gifted another when falcaos attempt to clear a corner went horribly wrong summing up monacos misery as the ball looped beyond subasic on 77 minutes1 germany international draxler rounded out the demolition firing home via a deflection as psg clinched the title at home for the first since 1994 while shattering monacos 17-match unbeaten run1