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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 22556393" data-attributes="member: 158020">Paris Saint-Germain 2 Troyes 0: Cavani atones for penalty miss<img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/11/30/10/46D14DCA00000578-0-image-a-1_1512037037567.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Edinson Cavani made amends for his penalty miss with a late goal as  Paris Saint-Germain beat Troyes 2-0 in Ligue 1 at Parc des Princes on  Wednesday. The league leaders were facing the prospect of two points dropped  against a much-improved Troyes side after Cavani had a first-half  penalty saved, but strike partner Neymar gave PSG the lead 17 minutes  from time before the Uruguayan atoned for his spot-kick woe in the dying  seconds. Jean-Louis  Garcia's Troyes went into the game having won two of their previous  three in Ligue 1 and they could have been 1-0 up after 35 minutes when  Stephane Darbion found the back of the net, but an offside flag had  already been raised.   Cavani  then won a penalty after having his shirt pulled, but his effrt was  kept out by Mamadou Samassa and the visitors and there may be calls for  future penalty-taking duties to fall to Neymar, who contested Cavani for  the right to take them earlier in the season.The hard-fought  victory kept PSG 10 points clear of second-placed Marseille and extended  their winning run to five league games, proving that even when the  likes of second-half substitute Kylian Mbappe are out of form, Emery has  ample talent at his disposal.Garcia will take comfort from the way his side battled against the  league's standout opposition and if they can maintain the same level of  performance over the festive period they should expect to pull away from  the relegation battle. Cavani, looking to add to his tally of 16 league goals,  squandered his first opportunity when he volleyed Javier Pastore's  chipped free-kick high over the crossbar from 10 yards out.PSG  seemed to favour attacks down the right flank through Angel Di Maria,  whose shot from the edge of the box bounced just wide to the left of  Samassa's goal after 19 minutes.Kevin Trapp had to make his first  save of the match just before the half-hour mark, parrying Samuel  Grandsir's shot away after the pacy winger burst into the penalty area.Grandsir  had the ball in the net five minutes later, only to be ruled out by an  offside flag despite replays suggesting the goal should have stood.Just  before half-time, Cavani took a theatrical fall in the penalty area  when he had his shirt tugged and a foul was given, but the Uruguayan  then saw his spot-kick saved by Samassa, diving to his right.Emery's  men pressed hard from the outset of the second half but shots from  Marco Verratti and Thomas Meunier were blocked before Neymar blazed high  and wide from 25 yards.Grandsir was judged to have fouled Trapp  as the Troyes playmaker caused the goalkeeper to fumble a high ball, but  Samassa had no such problems at the other end when he made a good save  from Giovani Lo Celso's thunderous low drive from 20 yards.Emery  sent on Mbappe for Di Maria with just over 20 minutes left and his  introduction had an invigorating effect as Neymar collected the ball  moments later and sauntered forward before powering a left-footed shot  into the bottom right corner of the net.Troyes did not give up and substitute Suk Hyun-jun managed a shot on  target with seven minutes left to play, but Trapp held firm and Cavani  made sure he took a share of the headlines when he rifled the ball into  the top of the net from 10 yards out with seconds to spare.</blockquote>

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