PSG 4 – 2 Nantes: Kylian Mbappe becomes Parisians’ ALL-TIME top goal scorer with injury-time strike
PSG 4 – 2 Nantes: Kylian Mbappe becomes the Parisians’ ALL-TIME top scorer with a stoppage-time goal, taking him above Edison Cavani’s record 200 goals as the PSG team Christophe Gaultier must work hard at the goal festival at the Parc des Princes
- PSG defeated Nantes 4-2 in a goal fest at the Parc des Princes on Saturday night
- Kylian Mbappé scored in injury time to become the club’s top scorer
- Danilo Pereria’s goal in the second half made the difference in an exciting match
- The Parisians will now leave eleven points ahead at the top of the Ligue 1 standings
Kylian Mbappe became Paris St Germain’s all-time top scorer when he helped his team extend their Ligue 1 lead to provisional 11 points in a 4-2 home win against Nantes in Ligue 1 on Saturday.
The 24-year-old Mbappé found the back of the net two minutes into stoppage time for his 201st goal in all competitions for PSG, bettering the mark he shared with Edinson Cavani.
PSG, who travel to Bayern Munich next week hoping to overcome a 1-0 deficit in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16, led 2-0 after 17 minutes after goals from Lionel Messi and Jaouen Hadjam’s own goal, only for the Canary Islands. to tie before the break thanks to Ludovic Blas and Ignatius Ganago.
Christophe Galtier’s team, however, closed the three points after Danilo’s goal around the hour of play and Mbappe’s last gasp, which put them on 63 points in 26 games.
Second-placed Olympique de Marseille travel to the Stade Rennais on Sunday.
PSG got off to a dream start when Messi opened the scoring in the 12th minute with a left-footed volley past Fabián Ruiz’s cross.
Kylian Mbappe broke the record to become PSG’s all-time top scorer in a 4-2 win
Danilo Pereira contributed the difference in the 2-2 for the Parisians to beat Nantes on Saturday
Five minutes later, Alban Lafont saved Nuno Mendes’ attempt in the path of Hadjam who, under pressure from Nordi Mukiele, slotted the ball into his own net to give PSG a 2-0 lead.
In the 31st minute, however, Blas fired a fine shot past Gianluigi Donnarumma to reduce the deficit, seven minutes before Ganago deflected a corner past the Italian keeper to level the game.
But 15 minutes into the second half, order was restored when Danilo headed in Mbappé’s cross before the France striker scored his record-breaking goal with a left-footed effort from inside the box.
It wasn’t such a good night for PSG, however, as Mukiele was substituted with a heel problem before centre-back Marquinhos returned to the dressing room on 75 minutes with what appeared to be a lower back problem.
Lionel Messi scored the first for PSG netting his 17th goal of the season in all competitions.
Ludovic Blas (forward) and Ignatius Ganago scored for Nantes to level the score at half-time
Earlier, RC Lens’ Champions League hopes suffered another blow when they were forced to a 1-1 draw at home in the northern derby.
Although the result lifted Lens to third in the standings with 51 points, Franck Haise’s side have now won just one of their last seven league games and have Monaco and Stade Rennais, who are one game down, five behind. distance points.
The home side prevailed in the first half and took the lead thanks to a Jose Fonte own goal, but Jonathan David equalized after half-time before Brice Samba made numerous spectacular saves to salvage the tie at the Bollaert-Delelis Stadium.