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.
2022/2023 UEFA Champions League
1-1
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