PSG fly out of blocks to hit sorry Villarreal for six in Champions League

Reigning champions Paris Saint-Germain scored four times in the first 17 minutes on their way to a 6-0 demolition of Villarreal in Spain in the Champions League on Tuesday, as the French side shrugged off injuries to key players to maintain their perfect record in the competition this season.

Joao Neves, Desire Doue, Senny Mayulu and Fabian Ruiz all struck at the Estadio de la Ceramica as PSG set a record for the fastest team to score four times in a match in Europe'e slite club competition.

Ruiz added another early in the second half and teenager David Boly completed a comprehensive demolition of the side that finished third in La Liga last season.

"I obviously wasn't expecting that but you get matches where you start in that way," PSG's Spanish coach Luis Enrique told broadcaster Canal Plus.

"We were impressive throughout and we are really pleased even if it is very difficult for Villarreal -- but it is hard when you play against a team like us that presses constantly."

PSG have probably lost star winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia for the rest of the campaign after he suffered a torn ACL in his right knee in last month's win over Barcelona, while Ousmane Dembele, captain Marquinhos and Nuno Mendes are also missing just now.

Despite that, the Ligue 1 leaders made it 10 straight wins in all competitions, including four in the Champions League as they aim to lift the European Cup for a third season running.

They are the only team to have maximum points after four matches in this year's Champions League -- Liverpool, Real Madrid and Real Betis all have maximum points from three games before playing on Wednesday -- and Luis Enrique's prolific side have now scored 20 goals on that run.

Like all matches in the Champions League on Tuesday, a minute's silence was held prior to kick-off in tribute to Jesus de Miguel, the Tenerife player who died following a collision in a Spanish second-division game on Monday.

The poignant silence here was also held to remember the victims of last week's deadly train crash in Spain, in which 69 people were killed.