PSG player ratings v Brest: Mbappe 7, Gueye 8, Icardi 5

No Neymar or Messi but third straight win for Paris club

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  PSG RATINGS: Keylor Navas 6 - No shots to deal with in the first half other than the one that found the back of the net. Redeemed himself in the second half with a good stop from a strike inside the box. AFP

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  Achraf Hakimi 8 - Regularly broke into Brest territory and was a problem throughout the match. A bright display from the right-back who looks like a very good addition to the French side. Reuters

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  Thilo Kehrer 7 - Positioned himself astutely against counter-attacks and got in the way of a number of balls that were headed into precarious areas. AP

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  Presnel Kimpembe 6 - Not good enough from the France international who completely lost Steve Mounie for Brest to peg the score back to 3-2. EPA

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  Abdou Diallo 5- Got forward well and put in some good balls towards Kylian Mbappe. Caught narrow for the goal that saw Brest exploit the space down Paris Saint-Germain’s left-hand side. Diallo has to be better with his defending that looked suspect at times. AFP

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  Idrissa Gueye 8 - Brest will regret not closing the midfielder down as he struck home from around 40 yards to put PSG 3-1 ahead. On the defensive side, Gueye was aggressive in the challenge and applied pressure when possible to stop the opposition from playing quickly down the channels. AFP

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  Marco Verratti 7 - Positive on the ball with progressive passes and helped control the tempo of the game. Replaced in the 72nd minute by Julian Draxler. AP

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  Ander Herrera 7 - Gave away a needless foul that presented the home team with a freekick in a good position but soon made amends with a hit from outside the box that broke the deadlock. AFP

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  Georginio Wijnaldum 6 - Didn’t do much to catch the eye but kept things ticking. The Dutchman played as an advanced midfield and that could be where PSG fans will see Messi slot into once he returns. AFP

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  Mauro Icardi 5 - Uninvolved for the majority of the game and didn’t threaten the backline enough. AP

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  Kylian Mbappe 7 - Could have scored early on with a chance inside the box but made no mistake with a reaction header that flew past the goalkeeper to double PSG’s lead. AFP

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  SUBS: Julian Draxler (Verratti, 72) N/A - Came on but didn’t do anything to bolster PSG’s lead. AP

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  Angel Di Maria (Mbappe, 80) N/A - On to gain some match fitness for the goalscorer Kylian Mbappe and ended up putting the game to bed with an intricate lob over the goalkeeper. AFP

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  Arnaud Kalimuendo (Icardi, 86) N/A - On for the final few minutes of the game. Getty

Paris Saint-Germain were missing Neymar and Lionel Messi but recorded their third straight league win with a 4-2 triumph at Brest.

Substitute Angel Di Maria sealed the victory after a counterattack in injury time just as Brest threatened an equaliser.

Ander Herrera opened the scoring in the 23rd minute when Brest’s defence could only half-clear Kylian Mbappe’s cross.

Mbappe capitalised on some more poor defending to head the visitors’ second goal in the 36th minute, but Franck Honorat pulled one back for Brest in the 42nd after Romain Faivre found him in space.

Brest forward Irvin Cardona should have scored shortly before Idrissa Gueye got the visitors’ third goal with a long-range effort inside the left post in the 72nd minute.

Steve Mounie set up a frenetic finale with Brest’s second goal in the 85th before Di Maria quashed the home fans' hopes of a surprise result with his late goal.

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