Agency :
Paris St Germain (PSG) seized control of their Champions League play-off with a commanding 3-0 first-leg win at Brest on Tuesday, driven by a brace from forward Ousmane Dembele.
The match, which marked only the second time two French sides had faced each other in Champions League history, was dominated by a clinical PSG despite Brest also having their chances.
PSG broke the deadlock after 21 minutes, with Vitinha converting a penalty after Pierre Lees-Melou’s handball.
Brest were very much in the match when Abdallah Sima’s header hit the post just after the half-hour mark.
The visitors, however, doubled their lead when Dembele cut inside from the right flank and beat the keeper at his near post with a low strike in the final minute of the first half, scoring in his eighth consecutive match for PSG.
Just after the break, PSG’s Desire Doue was played through and slotted home with ease, but after a minute-long VAR check, the goal was ruled out for offside.
In the 66th minute, Dembele secured his brace, latching onto a loose ball in the box before sending a shot past Brest keeper Marco Bizot.
