For the moment, the “MNM” boils down to the “M” of Mbappé.
With, as against Bruges Tuesday night (4-1), flashes of "MM", Messi-Mbappé.
But to see the trio that the two men form with Neymar shine, it will be necessary to wait a little longer with the expected return of the Brazilian in mid-January.
In the meantime, as since the start of the 2021 calendar year, it is the Bondynois who carries the PSG at arm's length.
With his growing statistics, Mbappé influences the Parisian results more than ever.
Double scorer and decisive passer against the Belgians this week, decisive passer as soon as he entered the game in Lens (1-1) last Saturday, the former Monegasque remains indispensable.
This is characteristic of great players and it is even more true with KM.
With 11 goals and 13 assists in all competitions in 22 games, he is directly involved in 51% of the goals scored by his club.
By comparison with other attacking leaders, Robert Lewandowski at Bayern Munich, author of 27 goals and 2 offerings, is decisive in 43% of Munich's achievements.
In Liverpool, Mohamed Salah participates for 47% of the total of the goals scored by the Reds.
His attitude often entices the whole group
It is obvious: without this Mbappé, PSG would not be first in Ligue 1 with 11 points in advance. He would probably not even qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League. Is Mauricio Pochettino still the coach? Another legitimate question. In the league, the formation led by the Argentine pocketed 13 additional points just thanks to the decisive actions of its 2018 world champion. As against Lyon (2-1), Reims (2-0), Bordeaux (3 -2) or against Nantes (3-1). On the European scene, 6 of the 11 points gleaned by the capital club are directly attributable to it.
PSG's top scorer and passer this season, Mbappé is heading towards his personal bests for a club (42 goals in 2020-2021; 22 assists in 2018-2019). As he confided at the microphone of Prime Video Sport during an exchange with Thierry Henry last Sunday: “When you want to be a special player, why choose when you can do both? I have been the best passer in the league for three or four years, I am also the one in the Champions League (
in fact, the second
). It proves that I'm not a selfish person who only thinks about scoring. But I think I can still develop it quite a bit. "
Beyond pure statistics, because the figures do not tell everything, the attitude of Kylian Mbappé often leads a whole group.
As when he entered Lens, against Nantes with a PSG reduced to ten and even at the end of last season in the title race with Lille.
He marks, passes and takes part in the revolt.
For the greater good of PSG… and its trainer.
