Kylian Mbappe grabbed a hat-trick as Paris St Germain moved top of Ligue 1 with a 3-0 victory at fourth-placed Reims on Saturday.
Champions PSG top the standings with 27 points, one ahead of Nice who played out a goalless draw at Montpellier on Friday.
Kylian Mbappé hat trick vs Reims
Mbappe scored after three minutes, receiving a cross unmarked at the back post and calmly slotting a low volley into the bottom corner of the net.
WHAAAAAAAT! Mbappé, what did you do?! WHAT A GOLAZO!
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He doubled the advantage for the visitors in the 59th minute, eluding his marker to tap in a low cross at the far post.
Mbappé AGAIN! The Frenchman appears in the box to score another brace in #Ligue1
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Eight minutes from time, the 24-year-old France forward notched his third with a first-time shot from inside the area.
Mbappé is out of this world! A hat-trick for Luis Enrique's PSG ⚽⚽⚽
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Reims enjoyed good spells of possession and made chances but were unable to beat PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Gianluigi Donnarumma is a wall!
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Luis Enrique after Mbappé’s hat- trick: “I'm not really happy with Kylian today. I have nothing to say about the goals...”.
“But he can help the team more, in different ways. He’s world class player, we want more”.“I'm going to talk to him about it first, it’s private”. pic.twitter.com/9n6dg3bM7A
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) November 11, 2023
(Reporting by Tommy Lund in Gdansk, editing by Ed Osmond)