Kylian Mbappe put the drama surrounding his future to one side by opening the scoring for PSG against Benfica, but Joao Mario's second-half penalty was enough to earn the visitors a point in Paris.

Match Report

Mbappe, who reportedly wants to leave the Parc des Princes in January amid tensions with the club's hierarchy, struck first from the penalty spot five minutes before half-time after Juan Bernat was brought down inside the box.
But when Marco Verratti felled Rafa Silva in the area with 25 minutes remaining, Mario converted the equaliser to leave both sides on eight points and in touching distance of the knockout stages following Juventus' defeat against Maccabi Haifa.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
20' Yellow Card! Otamendi booked
38' Penalty Goal! PSG 1-0 Benfica (Mbappe)
42' Yellow Card! Mario booked
51' Mbappe's shot wide out
61' Penalty Goal! PSG 1-1 Benfica (Mario)
86' Disallowed! Mbappe scores but the goal is offside
Line-ups
PSG XI: Ramos, Verratti, Neymar, Sarabia, Danilo Pereira, Marquinhos, Bernat, Mbappe, Donnarumma, Hakimi, Vitinha
Subs: Navas, Rico, Mukiele, Fabian Ruiz, Soler, Hugo Ekitiké, El Chadaille Bitshiabu, Ismaël Gharbi, Warren Zaïre-Emery
Benfica XI: Otamendi, Odysseas Vlachodimos, Alejandro Grimaldo, Mario, Fredrik Aursnes, Rafa Silva, Florentino, Alexander Bah, Gonçalo Ramos, Enzo Fernández, António Silva
Subs: Draxler, Helton Leite, Brooks, Gilberto, Diogo Gonçalves, Mihailo Ristić, Rodrigo Pinho, Chiquinho, G.Dias, Petar Musa, João Victor, Henrique Araújo
MESSIoverPENALDO
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PSG haven’t win any of their 2 last game without Messi so it’s clear that psg need the GOAT to help them🐐‼️
RaghibMustafa
156
Let's accept it, PSG is a mediocre team without Messi...
UyiGentle
133
31 goals in the UCL. Kylian Mbappe becomes PSG's all-time top scorer in the Champions League at 23 😳
MESSIoverPENALDO
122
No Messi , no win
crmusm
72
Some idiots are coming to say No Messi no party but also with Messi PSG Drew Thier game against benfica 😂😂
DilipBiswas
50
Score against Liverpool ? Nah Score against City ? Oh no no Score against Arsenal ? ofcourse not Score against Leicester ? shut up !! Score against 16th rank team Everton ?? Oh yes Oh yes 🥵🥵
nwa4lifd
36
I thought they said it was Mbappe carrying PSG while Messi was killing it ..... it looks the other way round to me ..... Looks like Messi is the The Power 🔋 House 🏠 of PSG .....
Elizabethse
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You can find every gif of nice goals here: http://www.goalgif.xyz/v2/live/matchGifs?match_id=53467467&language=en
Lilraphblinx
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PSG haven’t win any of their 2 last game without Messi so it’s clear that psg need the GOAT to help them🐐‼️
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They also failed to win against that same team when he was in the line up 😂
eggosa91
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messi is the pillar of PSG I just notice 😩