Oblivious to his departure from Paris Saint-Germain at the end of next season, Kylian Mbappé keeps his excellent performance intact and with a hat trick and an assist he demolished Montpellier (2-6), which surrendered to the voracity of who is possibly the best world player.
Luis Enrique changed his strategy and gave minutes to Mbappé, who in recent times was reserved for the Champions League and French Cup qualifying matches.
Since his departure became known, Mbappé started in the two games against Real Sociedad and against Nice in the Cup, while in the League he started a match on the bench (Lille), was substituted at half-time against Monaco and was a substitute with minutes against Nantes and Reims.
His coach only broke that trend against Stade Rennais Y this Sunday in Montpellier. It seems that Luis Enrique did not want any more surprises after accumulating three consecutive draws in Ligue 1 and he once again used PSG’s franchise player and left his tests to get his team used to playing without Mbappé starting next season.
And Mbappé did not disappoint. He alone, in just twenty minutes, was in charge of dealing the first blows to Montpellier. First, with an assist to Vitinha in PSG’s first goal, and then marking the 0-2 with a trademark hit, with a small angle and well adjusted to the post in a mix of effectiveness and delicacy that left the match on track.
However, in the final stretch of the first half, PSG let its guard down and Montpellier managed to tie through Arnaud Nordin and Teji Savanier, who tied the game with a penalty in added time.
It was a mirage. Mbappé had not yet finished his exhibition. In fact, he had only just begun, because five minutes after the restart he pulled out an impressive shot from outside the area that preceded another great goal, that of Lee Kang-In, surely the best of the night. .
The Korean player, surrounded by opponents, leaned on Kolo Muani and signed a tight and unstoppable left foot shot into the corner of the goal defended by Bertaud. The score of 2-4, at 54 minutes, ended with Montpellier, who definitely lowered their arms and raised the white flag.
With PSG unleashed, Mbappé closed his hat trick with another high-quality goal. Vitinha quickly took a deep free kick towards the Frenchman, who with astonishing calmness controlled the ball inside the area and quickly burst the net of Montpellier’s goal with a dribble.
This ended a perfect day that Nuno Mendes joined at the horn with the sixth. Mbappé scored a hat trick, an assist and, after all, an exhibition. Mbappé will face Barcelona on April 10 in his best form of the season.
Luis Enrique knows how his star is and used him in the League after three draws in a row to consolidate PSG in the lead. With the Brest puncture, he now takes twelve points from second place. Mbappé did not give the surprise a chance and already has 38 goals this season, one more than Kane, two more than Cristiano and nine more than Haaland. His voracity is non-negotiable.
Montpellier: Bertaud; Tchato, Omeragic, Kouyate, Minarelli (Sacko, min. 70); Ferri, Leroy; Nordin (Fayad, min. 60), Savanier (Jullien, min. 90), Coulibaly (Adams, min. 59); y Khazri (Al-Tamari, min. 60).
Paris Saint-Germain: Donnarumma; Achraf, Danilo Pereira, Beraldo (Mukiele, min. 70), Lucas Hernández (Nuno Mendes, min. 46); Vitinha, Ugarte, Lee Kang-in (Mayulu, min. 70); Barcola (Zaire-Emery, min. 62), Kolo Muani (Ramos, min. 62) and Mbappé.
Goals: 0-1, min. 14: Vines; 0-2, min. 22: Mbappé; 1-2 minutes. 30: Northern; 2-2 minutes. 45 1: Savanier; 2-3 minutes. 50: Mbappé; 2-4 minutes. 54: Lee Kang-in; 2-5 minutes. 63: Mbappé; 2-6, min. 89: Nuno Mendes.
Referee: Florent Batta. He showed yellow card to Beraldo (min. 38), Donnarumma (min. 45 1) and Nuno Mendes (min. 72).
Incidents: match corresponding to the twenty-sixth day of Ligue 1 played at the Stade de la Mosson in Montpellier in front of nearly 18,000 spectators.