Highlights- Hakimi and Messi score two stunning goals from outside the box : PSG 2-1 Tolouse

Game is over and the final score is PSG 2-1 Toulouse. Here is the match report.

Paris Saint-Germain came back from going a goal down, to defeat Tolouse 2-1 at the Parc des Princes on Saturday night.

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A booming long-range free-kick from Branco van den Boomen beat Gianluigi Donnarumma in the PSG net and gave the hosts an early advantage in the first half.

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But it wasn’t long before Achraf Hakimi brought the Parisians back on level terms, with a stunning left-footed effort from 25-yards out.

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With Paris on the ascendency, the home side continued to attack in the second term, with seven-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi following the Moroccan’s lead, scoring an equally sumptuous finish from outside the box.

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The result puts PSG eight points clear of Marseille at the top of Ligue 1, with the pair set to go head-to-head on Wednesday in the French Cup.

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Line-ups

PSG XI: Messi, Danilo Pereira, Marquinhos, R.Sanches, Fabian Ruiz, Donnarumma, Soler, Hakimi, Vitinha, Nuno Mendes, Hugo Ekitiké

Subs: Alexandre Letellier, Rico, Bernat, Timothée Pembélé, El Chadaille Bitshiabu, Ismaël Gharbi, Warren Zaïre-Emery, Ilyes Housni

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Toulouse XI: Brecht Dejaegere, Maxime Dupé, Branco van den Boomen, Stijn Spierings, Ado Onaiwu, Rasmus Nicolaisen, Zakaria Aboukhlal, Moussa Diarra, Anthony Rouault, Warren Kamanzi, Farès Chaïbi

Subs: Mikkel Desler, Rafael Ratão, Gabriel Suazo, Kjetil Haug, Vincent Sierro, Veljko Birmancevic, Thijs Dallinga, Logan Costa, Theocharis Tsingaras