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Dembele stars again as PSG beat Brest in Champions League play-off first leg

Brest had not defeated the Parisians in any competition in 40 years, since January 1985, and have now lost 18 of the last 19 meetings between the teams

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Paris Saint-Germain`s French forward Ousmane Dembele celebrates after scoring his team`s third goal during the UEFA Champions League knockout phase play-off 1st leg football match between Stade Brestois 29 (Brest) and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) at the Roudourou Stadium in Guingamp, western France. Pic/AFP

Paris Saint-Germain`s French forward Ousmane Dembele celebrates after scoring his team`s third goal during the UEFA Champions League knockout phase play-off 1st leg football match between Stade Brestois 29 (Brest) and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) at the Roudourou Stadium in Guingamp, western France. Pic/AFP

Ousmane Dembele kept up his remarkable form in front of goal with a double as Paris Saint-Germain took a big step towards qualifying for the last 16 of the Champions League with a 3-0 win over French rivals Brest in the first leg of their play-off tie on Tuesday. PSG were overwhelming favourites coming into this tie against opponents who had never taken part in European competition before this season, and there seems little prospect of Brest recovering from this loss in next week's second leg. Vitinha opened the scoring for PSG at the Stade de Roudourou in Guingamp with a penalty just before the midway point in the first half, and Dembele swept in a second on the stroke of half-time before netting again on 66 minutes. 

The French international forward now has 23 goals for the season, including 18 in 11 appearances over the last two months. Indeed he has 10 goals in just the last four games, a run which includes a hat-trick against Brest in Ligue 1 only 10 days ago. He is irresistible just now, and Luis Enrique's side are unbeatable at the moment against French opponents, against whom they have not lost since last May. 

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