forward Kylian Mbappe (L) celebrates after scoring a goal during
the French L1 football match between Montpellier Herault (MHSC) and
Paris Saint Germain (PSG) at the Mosson Stadium in Montpellier,
southern France, on December 05, 2020. PHOTO: Pascal GUYOT /
AFP
Kylian Mbappe scored his 100th goal for Paris
Saint-Germain after making a late appearance as a substitute for
the Ligue 1 leaders in Saturday’s 3-1 victory at in-form
Montpellier.
With Neymar preserved ahead of next week’s crucial Champions
League clash against Istanbul Basaksehir
and Mbappe rested from the start, Colin Dagba’s first
career goal gave PSG the lead on 33 minutes.
English forward Stephy Mavididi levelled before half-time at the
Stade de la Mosson, the ball just crossing the line despite the
best efforts of Dagba and Keylor Navas.
Moise Kean restored the advantage for PSG on 77 minutes after
Rafinha triggered a quick counter, hitting a magnificent solo
goal for his fifth in seventh league games.
The Italy international was then replaced by Mbappe, who
wrapped up the victory in stoppage time as he brought up his
century of goals in his 137th game for PSG, tapping in a Layvin
Kurzawa cross.
“I’ve been wanting to score for a few matches, it’s a bit of a
release,” Mbappe told Canal Plus.
“When I signed here I wouldn’t even had thought of scoring three
goals,” he beamed. “(A hundred) was part of a distant goal.”
Mbappe is joint-fourth on the list of PSG’s all-time top
scorers, level with Dominique Rocheteau and trailing Pauleta (109),
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (156) and Edinson Cavani (200).
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“I’m feeling better and better, stringing matches together is
going to allow me to get fully fit,” he said.
“When I came here, I said that I wanted to get a lot better and
you don’t do that in a year.
“It’s been three and a half years, I’ve experienced a lot of
things here. I’ve had some less good moments, but the club has
always supported me.”
Defending champions PSG pulled four points clear of Marseille at
the top as they avoided going three league games without victory
for the first time since April 2019.
Montpellier, without top scorer Andy Delort after he tested
positive for coronavirus for the second time in three months, saw
their hopes of dislodging the leaders dashed as their four-match
winning run came to an end.
Earlier, Rennes crashed to a sixth defeat in seven matches as
they lost 2-0 at home to Lens, three days being dumped out of
Europe.
Teenage striker Arnaud Kalimuendo, on loan from PSG, hit the
opener on 27 minutes and Ignatius Ganago sealed the victory late in
the second half.
AFP
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