Montpellier 1-3 PSG: Mbappe injured as Messi stars

02/01/2023

Montpellier 1-3 PSG: Kylian Mbappe misses TWO attempts at a penalty then has to go off injured in the first-half… before Lionel Messi nets to help move French champions five points clear

Kylian Mbappe’s penalty was saved but he was ordered to retake it
The Frenchman saw his effort saved again and missed an easy rebound
He then picked up a thigh injury, just two weeks before the Champions League
Fabian Ruiz, Lionel Messi and Warren Zaire-Emery scored for the visitors

Lionel Messi scored as Paris Saint-Germain stretched their Ligue 1 lead to five points with a 3-1 win at Montpellier on Wednesday.

However, they will be sweating on Kylian Mbappe’s fitness with the Champions League round of 16 looming.

France forward Mbappe sustained an apparent thigh injury and missed two attempts at a penalty in the opening 20 minutes.

Kylian Mbappe had to leave the game after suffering a thigh injury in the 20th minute

Mbappe had missed two attempts at a penalty before his evening came to an early end

This comes just two weeks before the capital side take on Bayern Munich in their Champions League last-16 first leg.

Mbappe limped off holding his left thigh after 20 minutes into a lacklustre first half, but PSG burst into life after the break with Fabian Ruiz, Messi and Warren Zaire-Emery finding the the net to put them on 51 points from 21 games.

Olympique de Marseille claimed a 2-0 victory at Nantes to leapfrog RC Lens, who dropped their first points at home in a 1-0 defeat by Nice, into second place.

Lionel Messi scored as Paris Saint-Germain got the job done in the second half

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