PSG dominate in France as rivals can’t keep up — on or off the pitch

Thirteen points separate Paris Saint-Germain from the rest of Ligue 1, and it might as well be 130, given the chance of any of their rivals making a sustained challenge this season.

The top flight in France seems more like a procession than a competition.

Life in Paris is far from normal at present — a world summit, demonstrations banned, 2,800 police and soldiers at Le Bourget, another 6,300 on the streets — but for PSG, it is business as usual.