In Saturday’s 4-2 victory over Nantes in Ligue 1, Kylian Mbappe scored his 201st goal for Paris Saint-Germain to surpass Edinson Cavani as the club’s all-time leading scorer.
With a brace in last week’s victory at Marseille, the French superstar tied Edinson Cavani’s previous record mark of 200 goals. At the Parc des Princes, he went one better by scoring in stoppage time.
Prior to their crucial trip to Bayern Munich, PSG had earlier let a two-goal lead slip away. Lionel Messi gave them the lead, and a Jaouen Hadjam own goal made it 2-0 in just 17 minutes. But, Nantes fought back to tie the score just before halftime.
Ludovic Blas pulled one back for the visitors and Ignatius Ganago equalized, but Mbappe set up Danilo Pereira to put PSG back in front on the hour mark and then claimed his record-breaking goal late on.
The result sees PSG open up a lead of 11 points at the top of Ligue 1 before nearest rivals Marseille play on Sunday, and before the Qatar-owned club goes to Bayern for the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on Wednesday.
PSG trail 1-0 from the first leg against the Bavarians and failure to progress to the quarter-finals in Europe would put a dampener on the end of the season for a club who do not have their problems to seek.
Injured Moroccan star Achraf Hakimi watched from the stands at the Parc des Princes a day after he was charged with rape following accusations made by a 24-year-old woman.
Neymar was also a spectator and will not be back for the match against Bayern, while center-back Presnel Kimpembe is set to miss the remainder of the season with an Achilles injury.
Coach Christophe Galtier lost another defender to injury in the second half of this game, with skipper Marquinhos coming off in some discomfort with what looked like a side strain.
Before the game, there was a minute’s applause for Just Fontaine, the legendary former France striker who scored 13 goals at the 1958 World Cup and who passed away on Wednesday at the age of 89.
Fontaine also coached PSG, leading them to promotion to the top tier of French football in 1974.
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19 June 2023 at 3:00 am
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