Kylian Mbappe inspires PSG

Kylian Mbappe inspires PSG to a victory over Strasbourg in Ligue 1

Kylian Mbappé completed an extraordinary week when he scored one and set up another to inspire Paris St Germain to a 4-1 victory at Racing Strasbourg as the French champions cut Lille 1’s lead to three points on Saturday.

The French forward, who scored a double in PSG’s 3-2 win over Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals earlier this week, opened the scoring with Pablo Sarabia, Moise Kean, and Leandro Paredes. also on the roster to put the capital team 66 points in 32 games.

PSG, which hosts Bayern in the second leg at the Parc des Princes on Tuesday, leads Monaco in third place by four points before the principality side host bottom Dijon on Sunday.

Strasbourg, which got a goal thanks to Moise Sahi, is 14th with 36 points.

Lille beat Metz 2-0 away from home on Friday.

PSG was left without the sanctioned Neymar, with Marquinhos also losing to an adductor muscle injury and Marco Verratti still in isolation after a positive COVID-19 test.

Idrissa Gueye, Julian Draxler, and Angel Di Maria, starters against Bayern on Wednesday, we’re on the bench.

They took the lead in the 16th minute when the league’s top scorer, Paredes-groomed Mbappé beat Matz Sels with an angled shot for his 21st goal of the season.

PSG doubled the count 11 minutes later when Sarabia found the back of the net with a low cross-shot.

Kean added a third at the edge of halftime after being played by Mbappé, resisting Lamine Kone’s challenge before shooting Sels.

Strasbourg reduced delays thanks to teenager Sahi in the 63rd minute, but the visitors ensured there was no hope of going back to 79 when Paredes hit a magnificent 25-meter free-kick.

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