Kylian Mbappe had already won the World Cup and scored in the final, but he had not yet produced a Champions League performance on the level of his devastating display that blew away Lionel Messi and Barcelona on Tuesday.
His hat-trick, capped by the emphatic finish at the end of an 85th-minute counter-attack, secured a stunning 4-1 win for Paris Saint-Germain — without Neymar — in their last 16 first leg that leaves the French club on the brink of the quarterfinals.
The 22-year-old terrorized Barcelona right-back Sergino Dest all evening long and led PSG’s fightback after they fell behind to Messi’s first-half penalty.
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