Paris Saint Germain Thump Barcelona 4-1 in Spain!
Paris Saint Germain Thump Barcelona 4-1 in Spain! A Kylian Mbappe hattrick was the standout performance from this game.
Paris Saint Germain Thump Barcelona 4-1 in Spain! A Kylian Mbappe hattrick was the standout performance from this game.
Lionel Messi gave Barcelona the lead in the 27th minute with a trademark penalty. This was Messi’s 16th penalty of his UEFA Champions League career.
The lead didn’t last long however as Kylian Mbappe equalised for the Parisians on the 32nd minute. The same man gave PSG the lead in the 65th minute to completely turn the tie around.
In the 70th minute Italian striker Moise Kean extended PSG’s lead to 3-1. Mbappe completed his hattrick in the 85th minute.
The French team not take a mammoth 3 goal lead and 4 away goals to the second leg in early March. There are memories of Barcelona overturning a 4-0 deficit against PSG back in 2017.
However this was a Barcelona team which had Luis Suarez, Neymar, Andres Iniesta, Javier Mascherano and a much fitter Lionel Messi. A Neymar and Kylian Mbappe inspired PSG is unlikely to suffer a similar fate this time around.
“I’ve always wanted to give the best of myself with Paris Saint-Germain.” Kylian Mbappe told the press after the match.
“It’s a shirt that means a lot to me. I haven’t always succeeded and maybe I’ll have bad games, but I’ve never been someone to hide, even if I make mistakes.
A dejected Antoine Griezmann was disappointed to let the fans down after such a performance.
“This isn’t the image we want to present. It’s now a case of lifting ourselves, working until the last second of the tie and seeing what happens. This was a bad performance” he concluded.
The second place will take place in Paris on the 10th of March 2021. Paris Saint Germain Thump Barcelona 4-1 in Spain!
