PARIS: First-half strikes from Vitinha and Bradley Barcola and a late Randal Kolo Muani goal earned Paris St Germain a 3-1 win at Lille on Sunday to maintain their perfect start to the Ligue 1 season.

Vitinha opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the 33rd minute following a foul by Lille`s Alexsandro Ribeiro on Ousmane Dembele.

Barcola doubled the lead just three minutes later, striking at the far post after a counter attack to continue his fine form with his fourth goal of the season.Lille improved after the break and Edon Zhegrova pulled one back with a long-range effort 12 minutes from time before Tiago Santos thought he had equalised, his goal disallowed for offside.

The hosts kept pushing for a late equaliser but Kolo Muani sealed the win for the reigning champions with a towering header in added time.

PSG reached nine points to lead the standings with an early two-point gap over Olympique de Marseille, second on goal difference level on points withNantes, AS Monaco and Lens.

`It was a very important game for us against a team who play at the top of the table,` PSG captain Marquinhos told DAZN. `They really push the team here.

At 2-0 up they kept pushing forward, they never gave up. It was a good test for us because it was between two teams who are playing in Europe.

Monaco and Lens drew 1-1 on Sunday as Przemyslaw Frankowski netted a stoppage-time penalty to secure a point for the visitors in the principality.

-Agencies