Fabian scores twice as clinical PSG makes history

  • Fabian Ruiz scored twice as Paris Saint-Germain made history in its 6-0 battering of Villarreal that saw it stay perfect through four matches of the Champions League.

The defending champion was four goals to the good inside just 17 first-half minutes at Estadio de la Ceramica on Wednesday. Indeed, the four goals it scored after 16 minutes and two seconds is the fastest a team has ever scored four goals in the competition's history.

Joao Neves's clever flick got the ball rolling, before Desire Doue and Senny Mayulu benefited from two poor Peter Gulacsi clearances, and Fabian hammered in a fourth.

Fabian was on target again five minutes after the restart and teenage defender David Boly bagged off the bench as Luis Enrique's side made it 12 points from 12.

Neves got PSG up and running, ingeniously picking out the top corner inside the six-yard box when Villarreal failed to clear their lines at a ninth-minute corner.

Gulacsi made a hash of a routine clearance that led to Doue rolling into the bottom-left corner after being teed up by Maghnes Akliouche, and another poor moment from the Villarreal goalkeeper eventually led to Mayulu pouncing with an effort he drilled into the floor after Neves' effort was blocked.

By the time Fabian slashed a bouncing ball into the bottom-left corner in the 17th minute, it was over as a contest, though the Spaniard and Doue almost stretched the lead before half-time.

Fabian had a wonderful second early in the second half, brilliantly taking down Vitinha's long pass, cutting inside Renato Veiga and flicking past Gulacsi.

There was time for another, as Neves picked out Boly on the right of the area, and the 17-year-old smashed his effort high past Gulacsi via a deflection off Veiga before wheeling away in delight at his first Champions League goal.