After a dominating 5-0 win over Galatasaray S.K. last Wednesday, Paris Saint-Germain headed to Le Chaudron to take on AS Saint-Étienne.
The star early on in the match was Leandro Paredes, who seems to be rounding into form as of late. At the 9 minute mark, the Argentine scored a brilliant volley that beat Les Verts keeper Stéphane Ruffier. Here’s the reaction from Twitter as Paredes scored his first for Les Parisiens:
Paredes starting three consecutive matches after Piotr got banned 🤔 pic.twitter.com/NG9VKdbqdw
— Ali (@AliTactics_) December 15, 2019
Flush finish by Paredes. The universe rewarding him for his great form as of late.
— 🇨🇩 (@Godfrshort) December 15, 2019
Paredes has tried that dozens of times. Finally he finishes one. The best stretch of Paredes' PSG run punctuated with a golazo #ASSEPSG
— Marc Damon (@MarcDamon1) December 15, 2019
GOAL FOR PSG! 🇦🇷🚀
It's a first goal in @Ligue1_ENG this season as Leandro Paredes gives the visitors the lead with this lovely strike 😲 #ASSEPSG LIVE NOW ⬇️
💻📱CONNECT 5 https://t.co/LRYa03w6yI pic.twitter.com/ChwELIXokk— beIN SPORTS USA (@beINSPORTSUSA) December 15, 2019
Leandro Paredes #ASSEPSG pic.twitter.com/kE4JI6YgqT
— Faisal HQ (@iF2is) December 15, 2019
First goal for Paredes with PSG 🙂
What a shot.#ASSEPSG
— Ofthedoor (@Ofthedoor1) December 15, 2019
Paredes also took one for the team when he endured a reckless tackle from Jean-Eudes Aholou in the 25th minute and received a straight red for his actions forcing ASSE to play with 10 men for more than an hour.
Ça va parler de rouge honteux vous croyez ? #ASSEPSG pic.twitter.com/OYFA5BqHu2
— Nicolas Puiravau (@nikop17) December 15, 2019
RED CARD! Things go from bad to worse for Saint-Etienne as Jean Eudes Aholou is sent off for a late challenge.#ASSEPSG pic.twitter.com/xHIsskem9d
— Goal (@goal) December 15, 2019
Red for Jean-Eudes Aholou. Horrific lunge on Paredes. Doesn't look malicious but very dangerous. #ASSEPSG
— PSG Talk 💬 (@PSGTalk) December 15, 2019
It was only a matter of time for PSG to take advantage of Saint-Étienne being down a player. Kylian Mbappé had one goal brought back due to being offside; however, near the end of the first half, the Frenchman would make sure that he would get that goal back as he made it 2-0.
Neymar and Mbappe linkup once again. Neymar put the ball through to Mbappe, which converted it into a goal.
Remarkable connection.
PSG is leading 2-0
— Reliquias Brasileiras🇧🇷 (@reliquiasbr) December 15, 2019
Neymar with a ridiculous assist to Mbappe! 🤩
— Brasil Football 🇧🇷 (@BrasilEdition) December 15, 2019
Kylian Mbappe's last 5 games:
⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️
🅰️🅰️🅰️— B/R Football (@brfootball) December 15, 2019
Kylian Mbappé's last five games across all competitions:
⚽️ vs. Real Madrid
⚽️ vs. Nantes
⚽️ vs. Montpellier
⚽️ vs. Galatasaray
⚽️ vs. Saint-EtienneFive in five. ✋ pic.twitter.com/v59AJQjcTU
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) December 15, 2019
In the second half, PSG was able to create plenty of scoring chances and as a result, including a penalty shot opportunity won by Neymar Jr. The Brazilian would go on to miss the penalty-kick, which led to some buzz on Twitter as you can imagine.
Me when Neymar missed the penalty. pic.twitter.com/befaiJtytv
— 🇨🇩 (@Godfrshort) December 15, 2019
First penalty missed in 5 years for Neymar.#ASSEPSG
— Ofthedoor (@Ofthedoor1) December 15, 2019
Neymar missed his first penalty since 2016 if I’m not wrong. It took almost 4 years huh😂
— Reliquias Brasileiras🇧🇷 (@reliquiasbr) December 15, 2019
Neymar just missed his first penalty since joining PSG 😔
— Neymar Stuff (@NeymarStuff__) December 15, 2019
Neymar missed pk wow
— Topnotch Soccer (@TNSpicks) December 15, 2019
Despite the miss, PSG was still able to flex their offensive muscle as Mauro Icardi would eventually make it 3-0.
To cap things off, Mbappé recorded a brace to make it 4-0 as fireworks were shot from the stands by Saint-Étienne supporters. These are some of the reactions on Twitter as PSG close out the week with two impressive wins in which nine goals were scored.
GOAL! Saint-Etienne 0-3 PSG
Mauro Icardi makes it three. pic.twitter.com/ueH39fhNd7
— Goal (@goal) December 15, 2019
Icardi just gets goals. That's all he's about. Goals.
— u/Malik (@theculturedguy) December 15, 2019
🔥Mauro Icardi🔥 no PSG:
16 jogos
13 golos
2 assistências— Davids® (@d20fernandes) December 15, 2019
GOAL FOR PSG! 🇦🇷
It's a third goal for the league leaders as @MauroIcardi makes no mistake to score as the defending champions go much closer to victory here tonight.#ASSEPSG LIVE NOW ⬇️
💻📱CONNECT 5 https://t.co/LRYa03w6yI pic.twitter.com/EAmRRmzfzF— beIN SPORTS USA (@beINSPORTSUSA) December 15, 2019
Kylian Mbappé adds two more to make it 1⃣1⃣5⃣ goals for club and country.
He turns 21 on Friday…#UCL pic.twitter.com/6e8p2hgCVR
— Global Analytica (@AnalyticaGlobal) December 15, 2019
115 goals scored by Mbappe and he’s 20 wtf
— Matteo bryant (@matbryant45) December 15, 2019
Nice to see St Etienne setting off fireworks in celebration of Mbappe's goal.
— Angus (@PSGAJ) December 15, 2019
70 – Kylian Mbappé (20 years, 11 months, 25 days) has become the youngest player to reach 70 goals in Ligue 1 over the last 50 seasons – overtaking Bernard Lacombe who did it with Lyon in 1975 (22 years, 5 months, 11 days). Milestone. @PSG_English pic.twitter.com/IBhPzqFSln
— OptaJean (@OptaJean) December 15, 2019
PSG finish off St. Etienne with a really strong 4-0 victory on the road. Goals by Mbappe (2), Icardi, and Paredes (who once again played really well) did the trick. Tomorrow PSG find out who they will play in the Champions League Round of 16. #ASSEPSG
— Marc Damon (@MarcDamon1) December 15, 2019
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