Mbappe becomes PSG's ALL-TIME leading goal scorer at just 24 YEARS OLD

Kylian Mbappe becomes PSG’s ALL-TIME leading goal scorer at just 24 YEARS OLD after netting his 201st goal for the Ligue 1 giants during win over Nantes… with the French star overtaking Edinson Cavani in his 247th appearance

  • Paris Saint-Germain beat Nantes 4-2 to move 11 points clear at top of Ligue 1
  • Kylian Mbappe scored the fourth goal in the second minute of injury time
  • The Frenchman is now the club’s leading scorer with 201 goals in 247 matches 

Kylian Mbappe has become Paris Saint-Germain’s all-time leading goalscorer after scoring in the 4-2 win over Nantes. 

The 24-year-old sat one behind Edinson Cavani prior to kick-off but wasted no time in matching the remarkable feat, scoring his 201st goal for the Ligue 1 giants. 

Mbappe looked set to wait another match to break the record until he controlled a cross from Timothee Pembele well before turning and finding the bottom corner in the second minute of injury-time against Nantes.

It has taken the Frenchman 247 appearances to achieve the feat having joined PSG from Monaco in 2017 for £159.2million. 

In comparison, Cavani needed 301 matches to score 200 goals during his seven-year stay in the French capital.  

Kylian Mbappe (above) has become Paris Saint-Germain’s all-time leading goalscorer

The 24-year-old Frenchman scored his 201st goal for the club during the 4-2 win over Nantes

Mbappe celebrates with Edinson Cavani after scoring his first PSG goal in September 2017 

Christophe Galtier’s side got off to a dream start as Messi opened the scoring in the 12th minute with a left-footed volley form Fabian Ruiz’s cross. 

Five minutes later, Alban Lafont parried Nuno Mendes’s attempt into the path of Hadjam who, under pressure from Nordi Mukiele, bundled the ball into his own net to give PSG a 2-0 advantage.

In the 31st minute, however, Blas whipped a fine shot past Gianluigi Donnarumma to reduce the arrears, seven minutes before Ganago deflected a corner past the Italian keeper to level the contest.

But 15 minutes into the second half, ordered was restored as Danilo headed home from Mbappe’s cross before the France forward netted his record goal with a left-footed effort from inside the box.

Mbappe will seek to add to his 201 PSG goals in the Champions League last-16 second-leg tie against Bayern Munich, with the Bundesliga side holding a 1-0 lead from the first-leg. 

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