They all rushed towards him.
Di Maria the first.
Kylian Mbappé had turned around just after scoring his first goal of the year as if to welcome his partners whom he knew to be happy for him.
In the 34th minute, served for the 13th time with Paris by Di Maria, Mbappé opened the scoring against Montpellier and unlocked his counter in 2021. “I'm happy for Kylian, he played a big game, he worked a lot and we are all happy for him, ”Di Maria said at Téléfoot's microphone before leaving the field.
“Give us back the real Kylian Mbappé!
»Headlined Le Parisien before this fifth meeting of the year.
To see all his teammates come and hit him on the head and embrace him warmly, the wait was shared.
Mauricio Pochettino had not yet seen his striker find his way to the net.
It's done.
And how.
Originally, a pass from Neymar to Di Maria who launched the native of Bondy.
The one takes the ball then makes a perfect flick to beat Bertaud who came into play after Omlin's expulsion.
The first Montpellier goalkeeper of the evening had mown, just in front of the surface, the Parisian who was arriving thrown towards him.
At the heart of the second period, Mbappé will score a second goal, easier that one, on a service from Icardi (63rd).
With these 77th and 78th goals in Ligue 1 under the Parisian colors, Mbappé overtakes Pedro Miguel Pauleta and becomes the only 5th scorer in the history of the club in the league.
In 93 games!
The international tricolor is also in success against Montpellier.
We remember that it was during the first leg that he reached the milestone of 100 goals in Paris, in all competitions.
Now he has 106 goals and Pauleta (109) is getting closer.
Mbappé looked after his morale
While waiting to refine his statistics, Mbappé has certainly healed his morale with this double.
His smile was in any case a pleasure to have while in recent weeks the doubts and sometimes violent criticism had multiplied.
But the striker had been able to count on the permanent support of the new Parisian staff, Pochettino in the lead.
But also his assistant Jesus Perez who said again on the eve of the match: "He is a very important player for us.
I said after Angers that he had contributed to the victory of PSG by occupying several different positions during the match.
Kylian is the league's top scorer.
Of course, everyone can do better.
But we are very happy with his investment, his work and we are very happy with what he does.
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Of course, the striker still experienced a bit of waste in some attempts but his speed and technique remain irreplaceable.
And while a survey carried out by Odoxa, for RTL and Winamax, published this Friday morning revealed that its positive image has deteriorated slightly compared to November 2019, especially in terms of humility, Mbappé has improved his situation against Montpellier.
It is not Mendes, who demanded - and obtained - his jersey at halftime who will say otherwise.
Ni Neymar, to whom he offered an assist to celebrate his 100th match with Paris, with a goal.
In any case, unless one less to face Barcelona, Paris has found Mbappé.
