Troyes v PSG
PSG win Ligue 1 title as Zlatan Ibrahimovic nets nine-minute hat trick
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored four goals as Paris Saint-Germain clinched a fourth straight Ligue 1 title with a 9-0 win over Troyes on Sunday.
The victory opened up a 25-point gap between PSG and second-place Monaco with eight matches remaining, ensuring Laurent Blanc's men could celebrate the sixth Ligue 1 title in the club's history.
Three goals in the opening 19 minutes -- all scored in a six-minute span -- put the game beyond struggling Troyes, who are bottom of the table.
Edinson Cavani broke the deadlock before Javier Pastore and Adrien Rabiot completed a devastating period for PSG.
Ibrahimovic then struck a nine-minute second-half hat trick, giving him 101 Ligue 1 goals since he was signed from AC Milan in 2012.
An own goal from Matthieu Saunier made it 7-0 before Lossemy Karaboue was sent off when he gave away a penalty, on which Cavani missed before tucking home the rebound.
Ibrahimovic made the numerical advantage pay when he netted his fourth of the match in the 88th minute.
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French Ligue 1 Standings
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lens | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | +19 | 43 |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | +25 | 42 |
| Marseille | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | +22 | 35 |
| Lyon | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | +9 | 33 |
| Lille | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | +8 | 32 |
| Stade Rennais | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | +5 | 31 |
| Strasbourg | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | +6 | 27 |
| Toulouse | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | +6 | 26 |
| AS Monaco | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | -5 | 23 |
| Brest | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 22 |
| Angers | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 22 |
| Lorient | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | -7 | 22 |
| Paris FC | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 19 |
| Le Havre AC | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | -8 | 19 |
| Nice | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -14 | 18 |
| Nantes | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -13 | 14 |
| AJ Auxerre | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -14 | 12 |
| Metz | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -21 | 12 |
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