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PARIS, Nov. 11-- Defending champions Paris Saint-Germain took on Edinson Cavani's hat-trick to thrash last season's nearest finishers Monaco 4-0 and record their 13th straight victory in as many matches in Ligue 1 on Sunday. The match between last season's top two teams could not reflect anything about the past memory, as PSG have been keeping an intact winning record to start the campaign, while Monaco are in the relegation zone with seven points from 12 matches. PSG didn't wait quite long for their first goal, as Cavani latched onto Neymar's cross before sidefooting home five minutes into the match. The Uruguayan striker, however, had to wait for a while as his goal was validated by Video Assistant Referee (VAR) after being intially flagged for an offside. Cavani's second goal seven minutes later seemed to be a carbon copy of the first one. He slotted home on Moussa Diaby's left-flank cross, but that was disallowed due to Diaby's offside while being given later on through consulting to VAR. However, VAR was not all in PSG's favor in the match, as it ruled out Julian Draxler's finish in the first half stoppage time for an offside. Monaco, the 2017 league champions, failed to threaten their powerful opponents' goal, before adding another player to their injury-plagued list. Jordi Mboula, who replaced injured Belgian international Nacer Chadli in the first half, also limped off the pitch early in the second half. | 
