Ligue 1: Kylian Mbappe creates history with a brace in victory against Lorient - Football News
Kylian Mbappe now has the most goals for a club in the history of top-tier French football with a brace against Lorient on Wednesday (Apr 24). Mbappe has 255 goals for Pairs Saint-Germain (PSG), two more than Roger Courtois' 253 for Sochaux. The stats were reported by International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS).
Thanks to Mbappe's two goals, PSG registered a 4-1 victory over Lorient with two other goals being scored by Ousmane Dembélé. PSG are now almost certain to win the Ligue 1 title for the record-extending 12th time. Luis Enrique's side would have won it earlier had it not been for second-placed Monaco's victory against Lille on the same day.
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PSG now have 69 points with four more games to play, leading the points table by a difference of 11 points from the second-placed team. PSG played the game without Bradley Barcola, Marquinhos, Achraf Hakimi, Vitinha and Warren Zaire-Emery. The players were rested ahead of the next week's clash against Borussia Dortmund in Champions League semifinal first leg.
As for the game, PSG were put ahead in the 19th minute of the game when Dembélé put the ball past Yvon Mvogo from inside the box. Mbappe then scored his first goal of the game when he connected with a Nuno Mendes cross in the 22nd minute. PSG went into the half time with lead of 2-0.
In the next half, Dembélé tapped in a pass from Mbappe around the one hour mark in the game which almost sealed it for PSG. Mbappe then put a seal on the victory with his second goal in the last minute.
Lorient's only goal in the game came in the 73rd minute with Mohamed Bamba putting the ball in the net. Lorient currently stand second last
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