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Dembele grabs brace as PSG warm up for Liverpool

By AAP Newswire

Apr 4, 2026

Ousmane Dembele scored twice for Paris Saint Germain in their 3-1 win over Toulouse. -EPA

Ousmane Dembélé scored twice in the first half as Paris Saint-Germain beat Toulouse 3-1 and increased their lead to four points in Ligue 1.

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Friday's match was brought forward to give PSG more recovery time ahead of next Wednesday's Champions League quarter-final with Liverpool at the Parc des Princes.

PSG came into the match having scored 12 goals in their last three games and they took the lead midway through the opening period when Dembélé crashed a superb volley into the top corner from the edge of the 18-yard box.

However, four minutes later goalkeeper Matvey Safonov could not secure a wicked in-swinging corner and Rasmus Nicolaisen headed home the rebound to level the scores.

Dembélé restored PSG's lead 12 minutes before half-time. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia headed on a corner kick and former Dortmund and Barcelona forward Dembélé was on hand to side-foot the ball over the line.

He had a third goal disallowed for offside in a second half dominated by the home side but it wasn't until stoppage time that PSG added a third, substitute Gonçalo Ramos stroking home with his right foot from 25 metres.

The result lifted PSG four points clear of Lens, who travel to fifth-placed Lille on Saturday for the Derby du Nord.

Toulouse remained in ninth place.