Paris Saint-Germain moved away at the top of the French Football League, after its exciting victory over its guest Nantes, 4-2, on Saturday evening, at the Princes’ Park, in the 26th round of the tournament.
Saint-Germain raised its score to 63 points in the lead, 11 points behind second-placed Marseille, to take a big step towards winning the title.
The match witnessed the French star Kylian Mbappe, one of his team's quadruple, to become the historic scorer for Saint-Germain with a score of 201, to end the partnership with Uruguayan Edinson Cavani.
A wonderful pass from Mbappe, followed by Pereira with a header, gives the Parisian club the goal of progress # Ligue 1 |
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The first half of the match was full of excitement and witnessed the scoring of 4 goals, opened by Argentine star Lionel Messi in the 12th minute, before Paris Saint-Germain added the second goal in the 17th minute by Nantes defender Gwen Hamm, by mistake in his team’s goal.
Nantes rose up and scored two quick goals through Ludovic Plas in the 31st minute and Ignatius Gango in the 38th minute.
In the second half, Paris Saint-Germain decided the match in his favor by scoring the third goal through Portuguese international midfielder Danilo Pereira in the 60th minute, before Mbappe concluded the quadruple in stoppage time.
🔥 The historic scorer of the Parisian club 🔥
Kylian Mbappe becomes Paris Saint-Germain's all-time top scorer with 201 goals#French_Ligue |
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— beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS) March 4, 2023
Mbappe received great encouragement from the Paris Saint-Germain fans after scoring the goal, and a huge banner was raised with the number 201 written on it, referring to the number of goals of the young star with the French capital team.