Paris Saint-Germain ahead Kylian Mbappe scored twice to assist the Ligue 1 leaders beat Metz 3-1 on the Parc des Princes on Wednesday and shut out the yr on a excessive as they maintained their five-point benefit on the prime of the desk.
Vitinha put the hosts in entrance early into the second half, scoring along with his first contact, earlier than Mbappe doubled the lead on the hour mark with a shocking shot from the sting of the field because the France ahead celebrated his twenty fifth birthday.
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Metz captain Matthieu Udol pulled one again with a towering header following a nook, because the ball went in off the within of the put up, earlier than Mbappe made it 3-1 profiting on a mistake from the guests’ defence.
Late within the sport, Kylian Mbappe’s 16-year-old brother Ethan got here on to make his senior-team debut for the Parisians.
PSG, who sit prime of the standings on 40 factors from 17 video games, are 5 factors forward of second-placed Nice and 7 factors above AS Monaco, in third.