Lionel Messi scored as Paris St Germain stretched their Ligue 1 lead to five points with a 3-1 win at Montpellier on Wednesday, but will be sweating on Kylian Mbappe's fitness with the Champions League round of 16 looming.
2022/2023 Ligue 1
1-3
France forward Mbappe sustained an apparent thigh injury and missed two penalties (retake) in two minutes, 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.
Match Events
9' Mbappe misses penalty TWICE!
11' Yellow Card! Danilo Pereira booked
20' Mbappe goes off injured
35' OFFSIDE! Messi’s goal disallowed
46' CLOSE! Messi’s shot wide out
52' OFFSIDE! Hakimi’s goal disallowed
55' GOAL! Montpellier 0-1 PSG (Fabian Ruiz)
64' Messi's shot stopped!
72' GOAL! Montpellier 0-2 PSG (Messi)
77' Messi’s shot wide out
83' CLOSE! Messi’s shot wide out
89' GOAL! Montpellier 1-2 PSG (Arnaud Nordin)
92' GOAL! Montpellier 1-3 PSG (Zaire-Emery)
Line-ups
Montpellier XI: Benjamin Lecomte, Germain, Jullien, Téji Savanier, Mavididi, Maouassa, Sacko, Kiki Kouyaté, Léo Leroy, Joris Chotard, Maxime Estève
Subs: Sakho, J.Ferri, Bingourou Kamara, Arnaud Nordin, Redouane Halhal, Khalil Fayad, Enzo Tchato, Axel Gueguin, S. Faye
PSG XI: Donnarumma, Hakimi, Ramos, Marquinhos, Mendes, Danilo, Vitinha, Ruiz, Soler, Messi, Mbappe
Subs: Rico, Bernat, R.Sanches, Timothée Pembélé, Hugo Ekitiké, El Chadaille Bitshiabu, Ismaël Gharbi, Warren Zaïre-Emery, Ilyes Housni