This time, he didn't want to wait until the last moments to play the hero.
Kylian Mbappé preferred to get everyone to agree as soon as they returned from the locker room to subdue AS Saint-Étienne and shelter his PSG, jostled for a period during this Saturday evening at the Parc des Princes.
A delicious outside of the foot
Like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, whom he equaled by scoring his 155th and 156th goals in the Parisian jersey, Mbappé is a genius, a crack, a monster.
A double and a formidable decisive pass from the outside of the foot calmed down the Greens who came to Paris with ambitions despite their 16th place in the standings.
A week after a defeat in bad taste on the lawn of FC Nantes (3-1), PSG had things to be forgiven in front of their public.
Just like the "MNM", this Mbappé-Neymar-Messi trio, with glorious names but sluggish common performances since the start of the season.
For the 10th time in all competitions, this association has started a match.
And she finally reached 50% wins (5 wins, 3 losses, 2 draws).
It was with this trio that PSG had lost against City, Rennes and Nantes or conceded draws against Marseille and Nice.
Messi shines and reassures
It is also with this trio that Mauricio Pochettino's training will begin, barring injury, in Madrid on March 9 in the lair of the Santiago-Bernabeu.
Beyond Mbappé's XXL performance this Saturday evening, that of Lionel Messi is noteworthy.
Hampered by aggressive Stéphanois, the Argentinian shone with the pass on the two achievements of Bondy's crack.
But also by dribbling as on Mbappé's second goal, on which Messi eliminates two direct opponents.
We all accepted it: the seven-time Ballon d'Or can no longer repeat his exploits from the Barça era.
But he finally reassures on this ability to unbalance a defense on his own.
As for Neymar, he gathered pace and did not go far from scoring by finding the post (79th).
Hakimi better recover quickly
Very superior to AS Saint-Étienne in all aspects, PSG was however put in difficulty by the team of Pascal Dupraz.
The coach, not so green in the profession, had observed Nantes' plan well last week: torment the right side of Thilo Kehrer, left too alone by Georginio Wijnaldum or Lionel Messi in the defensive aspect.
At bay, the German was even released at halftime to make way for Angel Di Maria.
Hit in a quadriceps and left to rest, Achraf Hakimi would do well to recover as quickly as possible from the perspective of Real Madrid.
In Nice without Mbappé before Madrid
In the first period, Kehrer's errors, those more unusual of Marquinhos or the naivety of Danilo in front of Denis Bouanga had offered the opener to Sainté.
For the 13th time of the season in 37 outings, PSG were behind.
And for the 10th time out of this total, he ultimately did not lose.
Because, when it decides, this team is capable of great things.
This is still expected of her in 10 days in Madrid.
Until then, a last rehearsal in Nice next Saturday.
But, be careful, it will be without Kylian Mbappé, suspended.
The savior will have to be called something else.
The game sheet
Half time:
1-1.
Referee: Mr. Gaillouste.
Goals.
PSG: Mbappe (42nd, 47th), Danilo (52nd);
Saint-Etienne: Bouanga (16th).
Warnings.
PSG: Gueye (56th);
Marquinhos (90th) Saint-Etienne: Mangala (9th).
PSG:
Donnarumma - Kehrer (Di Maria, 46th), Kimpembe, Marquinhos (cap.), Mendes (Bernat, 81st) - Wijnaldum, Danilo, Gueye - Messi, Mbappé (Icardi, 83rd), Neymar (Draxler, 83rd), .
Entr.
: Pochettino.
Saint-Étienne:
Bernardoni - Youssouf (Hamouma, 56th), Sacko, Mangala (Moukoudi, 56th), Nadé, Kolodziejczak (cap.) - Gourna (Moueffek, 67th), Boudebouz, Camara - Bouanga (Aouchiche, 72nd), Nordin ( Thioub, 67th).
Entr.
: Dupraz.
