Brilliant Mbappé Inspires PSG To Thrash 10-Man Olympic Nimes
A near-perfect performance from Kylian Mbappé inspired Paris Saint-Germain to post a 4-0 win over Olympique Nimes in the French Ligue 1 on Friday evening.
The World Cup winner earned a starting role for the Paris-based club today when they made the trip to the Stade des Costieres grounds to face off with the side based in Nîmes.
On the matchday, the home team managed to contain the visitors in the first 10 minutes but suffered dearly when they were reduced to ten men on the back of a red card issued to defender Loick Landre after a horror tackle on the 12th minute.
Later in the game, PSG took full advantage of the superior numbers to score through the ever-impressive Kylian Mbappé after he was assisted by Rafinha.
In addition to the goal, the French superstar dazzled and powered the Ligue 1 defending champions to the break with a deserved lead.
After recess, 10-man Olympique Nimes displayed a compact performance to stop Mbappé and his teammates from adding to their goals for over 30 minutes.
Their resilience will however be broken in the 77th minute when Pablo Sarabia assisted Alessandro Florenzi to score.
Six minutes later, star performer Kylian Mbappé found the back of the net again to complete a sensational brace.
Being replaced by Jese a minute later, the 21-year old finished with the second-highest rating of 9.4 from top statistics providers, SofaScore
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In the final minutes of the game, double assist provider Pablo Sarabia registered his name on the scoresheet after he was teed up by Colin Dagba. The win means that PSG stays top of the French Ligue 1 standings with 15 points [tied with Stade Rennes].