Paris: Paris St-Germain set a new club record on Wednesday when a 4-1 victory over Reims gave them a seventh win from seven games this season and an eight-point lead in Ligue 1.
With a perfect 21 points, new coach Thomas Tuchel surpassed the previous best start of 19 points by predecessor Unai Emery last season.
The champions can now claim another slice of history on Saturday where a victory over Nice will allow PSG to equal Lille’s all-time record of eight wins at the start of a season set back in 1936-1937.
Missing the injured Lassana Diarra and suspended Kylian Mbappe, PSG surprisingly fell behind to Reims after just two minutes on Wednesday when Xavier Chavalerin stunned the Parc des Princes.
But Edinson Cavani levelled after five minutes and then won the 24th-minute penalty which was converted by Neymar.
Uruguay striker Cavani hit the third before half-time to take his season’s goal tally to five, the same as Neymar.
Thomas Meunier tucked away the fourth in the 55th minute after being set up by young striker Moussa Diaby much to the delight of watching US basketball legend Michael Jordan in town for this week’s Ryder Cup.
Moussa Dembele scored his first two goals for Lyon in two minutes in Dijon to set his team on course for an 3-0 victory that lifted them into second in Ligue 1.
