Messi celebrates after his free kick goal in added time against Lille.
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(CNN) --
Who else but Lionel Messi?
The Argentinian scored the winning goal for Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday in the last minutes of the game, which served to achieve an exciting comeback against Lille (4-3).
The bad news for the Parisian club was that Neymar was stretchered off in the second half with a possible ankle injury.
With this win, PSG end a three-game losing streak and move eight points clear at the top of Ligue 1, although second-placed Marseille play later this Sunday.
Neymar is comforted by Mbappé before being taken off the field on a stretcher.
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Early goals from Kylian Mbappé - who on his return from injury finished the game with two goals - and Neymar had given PSG a 2-0 lead on 17 minutes. But Bafodé Diakité, Jonathan David and Jonathan Bamba scored for the visitors and made it 3-2 on the scoreboard.
Five minutes into the second half, Neymar was kicked in the calf and landed badly on his right ankle.
The 31-year-old could be seen holding his right foot as he was carried off the pitch on a stretcher.
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Mbappé leveled the contest in the 87th minute, finishing off Juan Bernat's cross, and that seemed to be it until Messi took a free kick in added time.
From 20 meters back, the Argentinian masterfully executed his shot, which slipped into the bottom corner and scored his 11th league goal of the season.
"The game was not good, we made a lot of mistakes, but we have shown that even when the situation is not favorable, we can get ahead. We are a different team, we can always get ahead," Mbappé told Prime Video, according to Reuters.
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