Lionel Messi scored a Ninety fifth-minute free-kick to present Paris Saint-Germain a 4-3 win over Lille in a unprecedented Ligue 1 recreation on Sunday during which Kylian Mbappe scored twice however Neymar was taken off on a stretcher with an obvious ankle harm. Messi’s late winner got here after PSG had squandered a two-goal lead and fallen 3-2 behind, with Mbappe grabbing a late equaliser earlier than the Argentine’s gorgeous strike. The end result ends a run of three straight defeats for PSG and strikes them eight factors away from second-placed Marseille, who go to Toulouse later after which host the capital membership subsequent weekend. Of speedy concern to the Parisians would be the harm to Neymar, who seemed to be in tears as he was helped onto a stretcher early within the second half after turning his ankle.

The Brazilian’s health is now more likely to dominate headlines within the run-up to subsequent week’s Marseille showdown but additionally the second leg of PSG’s Champions League last-16 tie towards Bayern Munich on March 8.

Christophe Galtier’s group had been seeking to bounce again from a 1-0 house loss to the Germans within the first leg of that tie they usually went forward early on towards Lille by way of Mbappe, making his first begin after coming back from a thigh harm.

Neymar quickly made it 2-0 towards a facet PSG beat 7-1 of their final assembly in August, however Bafode Diakite pulled one again for fifth-placed Lille halfway by way of the primary half.

The house facet then noticed Neymar carried off inside 5 minutes of the second half beginning, and Lille drew degree when Jonathan David transformed a penalty for his seventeenth aim this season following a Marco Verratti foul within the field.

Jonathan Bamba made it 3-2 to the away facet with an excellent end and the house facet appeared set for a fourth successive loss earlier than Mbappe transformed from a Juan Bernat help with simply three minutes remaining.

That was his twenty seventh aim this season in all competitions, but it surely was not the top of the drama as Messi gained a free-kick when he was fouled simply outdoors the world by Benjamin Andre.

The World Cup winner stepped as much as dispatch the lifeless ball into the web off the submit to spherical off a exceptional recreation.

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