Kylian Mbappe, Neymar hat-tricks help Paris St Germain demolish Clermont

PARIS: Kylian Mbappe and Neymar were on fire on Saturday as both scored hat-tricks as Paris St Germain hammered Clermont 6-1 away to move a step closer to the Ligue 1 title.

Mbappe, who scored two and set up two last weekend against Lorient, struck both sides of the interval, just like Neymar, to take his league season tally to 20 and put PSG on 71 points from 31 games. They are 15 points ahead of second-placed Stade Rennais.

Clermont, which reduced the arrears through Jodel Dossou, are 17th on 28 points after its fifth defeat in a row.

Rennes is ahead of Olympique de Marseille on goal difference, after holding off Stade de Reims's late challenge in a 3-2 away win earlier on Saturday.

Earlier, Rennes grabbed a 3-0 lead thanks to Benjamin Bourigeaud's first-half double and Martin Terrier's second-half goal which took the team's scoring tally to a league-best 67 -- before PSG's six took the capital side's tally to 70. Agencies

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