The antidote, this substance capable of preventing a body from exerting its toxic effects. This is, perhaps, how to define the other role of Kylian Mbappé in this PSG version of Luis Enrique. Aligned at the forefront of the Parisian attack and captain, in the absence of Marquinhos, the French international (75 caps, 46 goals) once again proved that he was this miracle cure during the victory (2 -0) of his team against the HAC, this Sunday, December 3. Jostled, reduced following the injury to Fabian Ruiz, reduced to ten after the direct red card received by Gianluigi Donnarumma and very close to conceding the opening score against the Normans, the Bondynois, in fact, showed the way to his team in freeing PSG from its anxieties a few minutes before the half-hour mark.
Served behind by Ousmane Dembélé, also very impactful during the first act, the former Monegasque controlled from the right before deceiving Arthur Desmas with a curling shot from the same foot (23rd). His 15th goal in 13 Ligue 1 matches. His 17th goal in all competitions since the start of the season. Lethal against the Le Havre goal, the number 7 of the capital club was even close to scoring a double a few moments later but the referee finally calmed his enthusiasm by signaling an offside position (32nd). If the rest of his match turned out to be more messy and less impactful, Mbappé, credited with a 6 by the FM editorial team, nevertheless remains, once again, one of the great architects of the Ile-de-France victory at the Stade Océane.
Mbappé joins the top 10 best scorers in L1 history!
More than a new achievement allowing him to join the top 10 of the best scorers in the history of the French championship (179, as many as Carlos Bianchi and Gunnar Anderson), the Bondynois, greatly helped by the contribution of Dembélé, Kang-in Lee and Vitinha, further conditioned the tactical and mental relationship of this meeting. Beyond the headache to manage for the HAC, aware of the threat that the 24-year-old Habs alone embodies, the Parisian star was also able to change the course of this game, despite being numerically inferior for more than 80 minutes. Whatever the new crisis experienced by PSG with the premature exit of Fabian Ruiz, the guilty blunder of Gianluigi Donnarumma, perfectly replaced by Arnau Tenas, or the experimental composition aligned by Luis Enrique, Kylian Mbappé is still there. Enough to support the words of a certain Luis Enrique, aware of the exceptional striking force of his protégé.
“I would like to have three Mbappé who score in front yes. Last year the goals were distributed between the three monsters in front. Mbappé anyway, he will always score 40 goals per season. But we don’t depend on him. Finally, we depend on him, because who wouldn’t depend on Mbappé? But there are many players who have scored this season with PSG. If we removed Mbappé, we would not have another player who scores 17 goals, but we would have several players with 5-6 goals perhaps. It doesn’t worry me.”, admitted, with this in mind, the former coach of La Roja. Already decisive last Tuesday in the draw (1-1) snatched against Newcastle in the final seconds – and this despite a generally messy overall copy – the one who is regularly cited on the Real Madrid side ultimately seems impervious to all situations. Excellent news for Luis Enrique’s men, ten days before a decisive shock against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League.
