Sarabia sees his long-range effort blocked by the legs of Guilbert as the fourth official announces there will be three minutes of added time.
89'
K. Nagera enters the game and replaces K. Mbappé.
X. Simons enters the game and replaces Ander Herrera.
Herrera gets a rest as he is substituted off for youngster Simons.
Mbappe comes off after another commanding performance and Nagera takes his place in attack.
87'
Gueye races up from midfield to pressure Sels, forcing the goalkeeper to rush a clearance long down the right. Strasbourg do regain possession but their move breaks down on the left as Sahi runs into Danilo and the centre-back wins the duel.
85'
Sarabia and Mbappe look to link-up once more and the former wins a corner on the right-hand side. Sarabia then goes short from the resulting set-piece and the chance fades away.
84'
Mbappe does well to drift inside and drill a right-footed strike towards the near post. Kone, however, quickly steps in and diverts the Frenchman's effort before Sels is called upon.
82'
L. Carole enters the game and replaces A. Caci.
Caci wanders off as Carole comes on at left-back.
81'
K. Zohi enters the game and replaces J. Bellegarde.
Bellegarde makes way after Sarabia's goal and Zohi is the man to replace him.
79'
L. Paredes has scored a goal for PSG!
Mbappe dances around Mitrovic before the centre-back drags him down to offer the visitors a free-kick, centrally 25 yards from goal.
GOOOOALLLLL! 4-1 PSG! Sarabia and Paredes stand over the central free-kick and it is the latter who takes it. The Argentinian curls his right-footed strike over the wall and into the top right corner. Sels scrambles across but he can’t get a hand on Paredes’ fantastic set-piece strike as it nestles into the top corner.
78'
Prcic swings a pass down the right flank for Guilbert to chase. The right-back is never getting there and pushes Bakker as the full-back ushers the ball out of play. Bakker responds by going into the face of Guilbert but the referee quickly intervenes before any further issues.
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76'
Guilbert roams down the right, making it to the byline before looking for Chahiri in the area. He finds the substitute, who can only head well over Rico's goal from near the penalty spot.
75'
J. Draxler enters the game and replaces M. Kean.
Moments after Rafinha's removal, Draxler also comes on for Kean, who scored the third goal for the visitors on the stroke of half-time.
74'
I. Gueye enters the game and replaces Rafinha.
Pochettino makes a change as he brings off Rafinha for Gueye.
73'
Aholou slides through for the run of Chahiri, who dances around Kimpembe before being dispossessed by Danilo's sliding tackle. If Strasbourg can grab another goal here that will ramp up the pressure on the visitors.
65'
Bakker races down the left flank, reaching the byline and standing up a cross towards the near post. Kean looks set to test Sels but Kone intervenes and heads clear.
63'
M. Sahi has scored a goal for Strasbourg! Assist by J. Bellegarde.
Bellegarde breaks down the right-hand side and whips a cross towards the near post. Sahi sneaks in front of Kimpembe and flicks a right-footed finish past Rico to reduce PSG's lead.
GOOOOOOALLL! STRASBOURG PULL ONE BACK! Bellegarde drifts into the right-hand channel after being played through by Guilbert. The midfielder crosses towards the near post, where Sahi produces a smart, right-footed finish to whip past Rico into the top right corner. The substitute has made an instant impact off the bench for Laurey! PSG's lead is reduced to two as the scores stand at 3-1 with 30 minutes to play.
62'
Diallo is the next man to make way and Laurey brings on Sahi.
61'
M. Sahi enters the game and replaces H. Diallo.
60'
Paredes looks for the forward run of Bakker in the left-hand channel but Bellegarde recovers and plays back to Sels. After a bright start to the half, this game has hit a bit of a dry patch as neither side are playing with any real intensity.
59'
M. Chahiri enters the game and replaces D. Liénard.
S. Prcić enters the game and replaces Ibrahima Sissoko.
Laurey makes a double change. The first of which sees Chahiri replace Lienard.
At the same time as Chahiri's introduction, Prcic also comes on for Sissoko.
57'
M. Kean gets yellow.
Bellegarde angles a cross towards the penalty spot and Diallo's diving header goes just wide of Rico's goal. None of it would have counter either way, as Diallo was flagged for offside by the assistant on the far side.
Kean lunges in late on Guilbert from behind and unsurprisingly the Italian forward becomes the first name in Pignard's book.
54'
Mbappe nearly goes through one-on-one with Sels after a Sarabia throughball but the goalkeeper rushes off his line to sweep away any potential danger.
52'
Kean switches play to Mbappe, who cuts inside and floats a right-footed strike high and wide of Sels' goal. It will be interesting to see how long Pochettino leaves Mbappe on before resting him for Bayern Munich in midweek.
50'
Caci throws inside for Thomasson but their attacking move breaks down as the latter is adjudged to have handled the ball. Strasbourg have started this half the same way as the first, repeatedly looking to exploit the flanks and cross in but to no success as of yet.
49'
Danilo is forced into intervening in front of Diallo after Guilbert had sent a good cross towards the near post. The hosts get a corner, which Lienard takes but his set-piece once again gets cleared.
47'
Sarabia thinks about roaming down the right-hand channel but sensibly opts to play backwards as PSG start this half by dominating possession.
46'
Sergio Rico enters the game and replaces K. Navas.
Referee Pignard gets the second half underway!
Pochettino's half-time change sees him introduce Rico for Navas in goal. Whether the Costa Rican is injured or not remains unclear.
45' +1
HALF-TIME: STRASBOURG 0-3 PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN
45'
M. Kean has scored a goal for PSG! Assist by K. Mbappé.
GOOOALLLLL! 3-0 PSG! Paredes dispossesses Bellegarde and launches an attack. Mbappe makes it down the other end, ignoring the run of Sarabia and sliding in for Kean. The Italian forward makes it to the right of goal before powering a right-footed shot past Sels at the near post to extend the visitors’ advantage further.
After scoring the first goal, Mbappe turns provider as he races towards the area before slotting a left-footed pass through for Kean, who beats Sels art the near post with a low, powerful effort.
43'
Thomasson, who has arguably been the hosts' most creative player this half, sneaks in behind Danilo but the centre-back manages to clear. None of that would have counter either way, however, as the assistant has flagged against Thomasson for offside.
40'
Despite Pochettino's men dominating the opening stages of this game and taking a two-goal advantage, Strasbourg have grown into this game and have been the better team in the last ten minutes. However, they have nothing to show for their hard work as of yet.
39'
Laurey's side remain intent on working it down the flanks and crossing towards the target of Diallo inside the area. Guilbert once again drives down the right and gets a similar result as he sees his cross comfortably claimed by Navas.
38'
Sissoko rolls out to Guilbert, who swings in a cross towards Diallo at the near post. Kimpembe misses the first headed clearance but Danilo is there to cover his team-mate inside the visitors' area.
37'
Lienard's second consecutive set-piece again doesn't beat the first man. PSG look to counter-attack through Sarabia but Guilbert intervenes and removes any potential danger.
36'
Lienard has another chance to deliver from a corner and on this occasion his left-footed cross doesn't beat the first man. Danilo, however, does give away another corner to the hosts.
35'
Sarabia leads the away side's counter-attacking charge, carrying it over the halfway line before trying a throughball to Mbappe. The Frenchman sprints after the pass but Kone is there to usher it out of play before Sels is required.
34'
Sissoko goes up against Kimpembe but the centre-back wins the duel, clearing to the right-hand side. Caci then looks to pull back a cross to Thomasson, however, Paredes hooks a clearance long.
29'
The away side look like they could score every time they go forward. With PSG taking such a commanding early lead, could this give Pochettino the opportunity to remove Mbappe and rest him before the Champions League in midweek?
27'
Pablo Sarabia has scored a goal for PSG! Assist by Danilo Pereira.
GOOOOOOALLLLLL!! 2-0 PSG! Mbappe’s initial attack gets halted by Kone on the left-hand side. The ball falls to Danilo, who rolls in Sarabia on the edge of the area. Kone comes out to tackle but Sarabia steps around him before slotting a right-footed finish past Sels into the bottom left corner to double the visitors’ lead.
Danilo comes racing out of defence, intercepting before playing to Sarabia, who evades the first tackle before finishing past Sels into the bottom left corner to make it 2-0.
26'
Referee Pignard goes and has a rather animated conversation with Laurey on the touchline before resuming play with a throw-in. Given the lack of big decisions in this game, it appears unclear what the home side's manager is unhappy with.
25'
Mbappe exchanges a one-two with Rafinha before dancing around a couple of Strasbourg defenders. The Frenchman tries to shoot but the numerous bodies inside the hosts' area manage to block in front of Sels' goal.
22'
Caci's corner finds the head of Aholou, who can only head well wide of Navas' goal to the right. Down the other end, Kehrer can't race around Caci and the full-back does well to defend in the channel.
21'
Diallo slides in Thomasson, who evades Danilo before attempting to cross at the front post. The visitors stand firm, however, and concede their first corner of the game.
20'
Kehrer overlaps Sarabia, who ignores his full-back and looks to cross towards the back post. Mbappe has got in behind Guilbert but the cross sails over his head and races out of play.
18'
Thomasson feeds Caci as the hosts look to immediately respond but Kehrer is there to produce a smart tackle to stop the full-back's progression in the left-hand channel.
16'
K. Mbappé has scored a goal for PSG! Assist by L. Paredes.
Paredes claims the assist with a short pass to Mbappe but all the credit should go to the Frenchman, who coasted past Kone with ease before coolly finishing past Sels.
GOOOALLLLLL!! 1-0 PSG! After his domination in midweek, Mbappe collects another goal to open the scoring here. The Frenchman twists and turns against Kone, moving it onto his left foot before sliding through the legs of Sels at the near post. Initially, Paredes had played in Mbappe, who found himself isolated one-on-one against Kone inside the area.
14'
Danilo gets himself in a bit of a tangle under the pressure of Thomasson but the defender manages to recover and play back to Navas. The visitors, as has been the case for most of the opening stages, then work possession from side to side as they remain patient with the ball at feet.
13'
Sarabia's set-piece finds Paredes at the back post but the midfielder misses the ball completely as he looks to hook a shot towards Sels' goal. The Argentinian was unmarked there and may feel he should have done better.
12'
Mbappe releases Sarabia down the right-hand channel and he looks to cross towards the near post. Kone gets across, however, and concedes the first corner of the game.
9'
Caci stands up a cross looking for Bellegarde at the far post but the left-back's delivery is poor and quickly goes out for a goal-kick to the visitors. The hosts are getting their full-backs forward and crossing in but to no success at the minute.
6'
Guilbert crosses towards the front post, where Thomasson gets underneath the ball, which allows Navas to pounce and clear away any danger.
5'
With Bakker the more offensive option out of the full-backs, he is pushing up and overlapping Kean at any opportunity, while Kehrer sits a little deeper on the far side. For now, however, Caci and Guilbert are dealing with their opposite men in the opening stages.
4'
Diallo sneaks in behind Danilo to chase after Caci's pass over the top but the forward is flagged for offside. Navas takes the resulting free-kick short as the visitors look to remain patient to carve out an opening.
3'
Kean strides past Guilbert before crossing towards the back post. Mbappe and Sarabia make a dash for the area but they can't make it to the Italian's cross and the hosts regain possession.
2'
Mbappe nearly latches onto Sarabia's throughball early on but the pass races out for a goal-kick to the hosts.
1'
Referee Jeremie Pignard gets this Ligue 1 fixture underway!
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the Ligue 1 fixture between Strasbourg and Paris-Saint Germain.
Strasbourg are 13th in the league but they have taken points off both league-leaders Lille and third-placed Monaco recently. Last time out, the hosts took an early three-goal lead against Bordeaux and managed to clinch a 3-2 victory, collecting just their second win in their last six Ligue 1 games.
With Lille grabbing a crucial 1-0 victory at Parc des Princes last weekend, the visitors sit second in the French top-flight, three points behind the league-leaders. Most recently, the Parisians travelled to Germany, where they ran out 3-2 winners in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie against Bayern Munich.
STRASBOURG (4-3-1-2): Matz Sels; Frederic Guilbert, Lamine Kone, Stefan Mitrovic, Anthony Caci; Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, Jean Eudes Aholou, Ibrahima Sissoko; Adrien Thomasson; Habib Diallo, Dimitri Lienard.
SUBS: Eiji Kawashima, Lionel Carole, Mahame Siby, Kevin Zohi, Mehdi Chahiri, Abdoulaye Ousmane, Adrien Lebeau, Sanjin Prcic, Dion Moise Sahi.
PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN (4-2-3-1): Keylor Navas; Thilo Kehrer, Danilo Pereira, Presnel Kimpembe, Mitchel Bakker; Ander Herrera, Leandro Paredes; Kylian Mbappe, Rafinha, Pablo Sarabia; Moise Kean.
SUBS: Kenny Nagera, Julian Draxler, Angel Di Maria, Idrissa Gueye, Colin Dagba, Sergio Rico, Edouard Michut, Xavi Simons, Timothee Pembele.
With PSG's three-goal advantage, Pochettino may look to the bench in order to rest some of his stars for their midweek clash against Bayern Munich. Laurey, in contrast, will have to chase this game and may be wondering how to change things in the second half.
That is all from this Ligue 1 fixture, until next time!
Pochettino's thoughts will now turn back to the Champions League, where PSG face a second-leg quarter-final tie against Bayern Munich on Tuesday. The visitors then return to Ligue 1 action by hosting Saint-Etienne next Sunday. Strasbourg, who sit 14th in the league, next travel to Nimes on the same day.
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