Tops / Flops PSG-Lorient: Paris only has eyes for Mbappé, Lorient too limited

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Mbappé, THE PSG star

Week after week he remains consistent in performance and that is remarkable.

And Paris will still have to take advantage of his immense talent for a few weeks.

Kylian Mbappé dazzled the Park again by displaying all his class from start to finish.

Sharp on each acceleration, he gave an opposing team a new nightmare.

With a relentless record: 2 goals and 3 assists.

First as a passer on a service at the right tempo for Neymar, he then scored thanks to his "special": a tight shot at the near post, then scored the double with a long shot at an important moment when his team suffered in large widths.

He ended his game with two assists for Messi and Neymar.

With such a stunning player, the Park can only have eyes for him.

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Neymar, there is better

Only player timidly whistled by the Park at the start, Neymar responded on the ground.

If he lost his kidneys, he nevertheless knew how to play fair by not trying to dribble all the time and by favoring the pass most often.

Author of the 1st Parisian goal, he then delivered several caviars to his partners, including a beautiful opening for Messi.

Interesting in all the offensive movements of his team, he concluded the game by scoring the 5th goal on a new well-placed shot.

And Messi woke up

From the start, we felt that Lionel Messi would be in for a good night.

More impactful, the Argentinian was able to combine with his attacking partners on high-level offensives.

Missing the target on a nice volley in the first period, he finally scored in the second thanks to the preliminary work of Mbappé.

His 3rd goal in Ligue 1, only, this season.

Nuno Mendes, also effective defensively

One of the most satisfying recruits of the summer of 2021, Nuno Mendes was still convincing against Lorient in another register.

If we expected him on his offensive qualities, he especially distinguished himself by several quality defensive gestures.

Hesitant at his beginnings in this area, he really gained confidence in his possibilities and thus managed a few life-saving interventions against the Hakes.

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Lorient believed in him too little

16th in Ligue 1, Lorient had the will to move away from the red zone by achieving a result at the Park, with his 2 consecutive victories away.

But the Hakes, despite a good start, seemed spectators against this PSG.

If they believed in it again after Moffi's score was reduced, they ended up sinking before the talent of Mbappé and co.

It's up to them to bounce back against St Etienne in a big game in the fight to maintain.

The questioning of Marquinhos

PSG have managed to scare themselves and their captain Marquinhos still raises questions.

The Brazilian seems in a rather dark period and did nothing to reassure a team adrift at the start of the second half.

His lack of leadership was glaring after the Lorient goal and his exit in place of Sergio Ramos was quite surprising but perhaps symptomatic of a player not well in his skin currently.