Mbappe leaves the game injured as PSG destroys Marseille
In Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain thrashed Marseille 4-0 on Sunday thanks to goals from summer acquisition Goncalo Ramos and Kylian Mbappe, who was forced off with an injury in the first half.
In winning the free-kick that allowed Achraf Hakimi to give PSG the lead at Parc des Princes in the eighth minute, Mbappe seemed to injure his ankle.
Just after the halfway point, the French superstar was eventually substituted, but the home team went on to extend their lead before halftime through Randal Kolo Muani.
Just after the break, Ramos headed in the third goal for the home team, and late on, he sealed the triumph for PSG, who had earlier defeated Borussia Dortmund 2-0 in the Champions League.
After six games, the victory places Luis Enrique's club in fourth place, two points behind unexpected leaders Brest, who defeated Lyon 1-0 on Saturday.
After a difficult week for the 1993 Champions League winners, Marseille, which had began the day unblemished and ahead of PSG in the table, was trounced here.
After only seven games in charge and following a contentious meeting between club officials and fan representatives, their coach Marcelino Garcia Toral quit on Wednesday.
Due to uncertainty regarding their participation, Marseille president Pablo Longoria and a number of other top team members decided not to travel to Amsterdam for Thursday's 3-3 Europa League tie with Ajax Amsterdam.
However, Longoria later changed his mind and traveled to Paris for the team's game on Sunday, which was played under temporary coach Jacques Abardonado.
Selena Gomez was also present in the French city, where she may have hoped to see Mbappe play a bigger role than he eventually did.
Prior to Sunday, when he seemed to twist his left ankle in an early leg-to-leg collision with Leonardo Balerdi just outside the Marseille area, the forward had eight goals in five games this season.
Hakimi continued his impressive start to the season by scoring with a fantastic goal from the next free-kick after a foul was called.
Mbappe appeared to be in some agony as he left the field twice for medical attention before giving up and was replaced by Ramos in the 31st minute.
Midway through the first half, Marseille had a chance to tie the score, but Vitinha headed an inviting cross from Jonathan Clauss over the bar.
Instead, PSG struck again in minute 37 when Kolo Muani scored after a long-range Hakimi drive that deflected off goalkeeper Pau Lopez and hit the post.
Since joining his hometown team from Eintracht Frankfurt on transfer deadline day at the beginning of the month, he had scored just once.
After the break, Portuguese forward Ramos came in and scored his first two goals since joining from Benfica.
Just over a minute into the second half, Ramos was at the near post to head in Ousmane Dembele's right-wing cross.
At the conclusion of a counterattack, he scored once more with a minute remaining, finishing off Kolo Muani's low center.
