Paris St Germain's Edinson Cavani struck twice as the French champions eased to a 3-0 victory at Girondins Bordeaux on Friday and moved level on points with Ligue 1 leaders Monaco.The Uruguay striker put PSG ahead after six minutes with a fine volley following a long pass from Marquinhos and Argentine Angel di Maria doubled the lead with a cool finish four minutes before halftime.
Cavani, the leading scorer in Ligue 1 this season, turned in Di Maria's cross to grab his second two minutes after the interval for his 25th of the campaign.PSG, bidding for their fifth league title in a row, trail Monaco on goal difference, on 55 points, three ahead of third-placed Nice heading into their home Champions League last-16 first-leg match against Barcelona on Tuesday.
Monaco host Metz on Saturday. Bordeaux stayed seventh in the standings on 36 points.
Match sheet:
0 - Burdeaux: Cedric Carrasco, Milan Gajic, Vukasin Jovanovic, Nicolas Pallois, Youssouf Sabaly, Jeremy Toulalan, Jaroslav Plasil (Valentin Varda, m.66), Younousse Sankhare, Maicom (Gaetan Laborde, m.78), Jeremy Menez (Francois Kamano, m.57) and Diego Rolan.
3 - Paris Saint Germain: Kevin Trapp, Thomas Meunier, Marquinhos, Presnel Kimpembe, Layvin Kurzawa, Marco Verratti (Christopher Nkunku, m.69) , Thiago Motta, Adrien Rabiot, Lucas Moura, Ángel Di María (Draxler, m.63) and Edinson Cavani (Ben Arfa, m.72).
Goals: 0-1, m.6: Cavani; 0-2, m.41: Di María; 0-3, m.47: Cavani
Referee: Nicolas Rainville
Yellow Cards: Thiago Motta