Barcelona 1-4 Paris St-Germain: Kylian Mbappe hat-trick after Lionel Messi opener

Kylian Mbappe became only the third player to score a Champions League hat-trick against Barcelona

Kylian Mbappe scored a stunning hat-trick as Paris St-Germain ripped Barcelona apart in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie at the Nou Camp.

The night did not start well for last year’s runners-up when they fell behind to Lionel Messi’s 27th-minute penalty.

Messi, regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, was then upstaged on his own turf by France World Cup winner Mbappe as PSG ruthlessly exposed the hosts.

Mbappe danced past Clement Lenglet and smashed in the equaliser before stroking home from 10 yards to turn the game around.

On-loan Everton striker Moise Kean continued his resurgence by heading in unchallenged at the far post to put the Ligue 1 champions in control of the tie.

With Barca looking to pull a goal back, they were caught on the counter-attack and Mbappe curled in the goal of the night with his third.

The second leg takes place on 20 March in Paris, by which time PSG hope to have Neymar back from a thigh injury to face his former side.

Magnificent Mbappe steals the show

Champions League meetings between European heavyweights can often be tense, nervy encounters but this was a thrilling end-to-end clash which will live long in the memory as Mbappe took home the match ball.

The 22-year-old fell agonisingly short last season when they were beaten in the final by Bayern Munich, and the Ligue 1 champions will take some stopping again under Mauricio Pochettino.

Sacked by Tottenham in November 2019, just five months after reaching the final of this competition, Pochettino looks to be moulding a side that will be considered strong contenders led by the brilliant Mbappe.

He had netted just one goal in nine knockout games for PSG before this game, but reversed that statistic in cold-blooded fashion.

The former Monaco forward became only the third player, after Faustino Asprilla and Andrei Shevchenko, to score a Champions League hat-trick against Barcelona.

He took his first majestically, trapping Marco Verratti’s delightful flick before ghosting past compatriot Lenglet and firing an unstoppable finish past Marc-Andre Ter Stegen.

The second was a poacher’s finish from 10 yards after the Barca goalkeeper parried the ball back into the danger area but he saved his best until last, curling in a first-time finish to stun the home side.

They should have had more but for Ter Stegen, who made superb saves to deny Layvin Kurzawa and Kean twice, but the Italian striker did find the net with a header on 70 minutes.

Though in command, PSG will know the tie is not over having been on the wrong end of a Barcelona comeback when the sides met at this stage in 2016-17, Luis Enrique’s men turning around a 4-0 deficit to win the return leg 6-1 with three late goals.

Dembele’s miss proves pivotal

Riddled with debt and uncertainty surrounding the future of star man Messi, as well as presidential elections coming up next month, Barcelona were well beaten by their more sprightly and effervescent opponents.

Messi gave them the perfect start by converting a penalty after Frenkie de Jong was tripped in the box but it was all downhill thereafter.

They will look to a bad miss from Ousmane Dembele at 1-0, striking a weak effort straight at Keylor Navas from 10 yards out, as the turning point in the game.

Had that gone in it may well have been a tighter scoreline, and with Antoine Griezmann also missing from close range and shooting wide from the edge of the box, Ronald Koeman’s men were heavily punished at the other end.

PSG continue scoring run on the road – the stats

In what is their 151st home match in the European Cup/Champions League, Barcelona have lost consecutive matches for the very first time.

Barcelona have played 278 home matches in all European competitions and have lost by a 3+ goal margin only six times – the past two occasions have come in successive games at the Nou Camp (3-0 v Juventus, 4-1 v PSG).

Paris St-Germain became just the second French side to beat Barcelona at home after Metz also won 4-1 in the 1984-85 Cup Winners’ Cup.

PSG have scored in each of their past 20 away matches in the Champions League, a run dating back to September 2016. In the competition’s history, only Real Madrid have had a longer run – 22 games from 2010-2014.

Of players with 20 or more goals in the Champions League, PSG’s Kylian Mbappe has netted the highest proportion in away matches (71% – 17/24).

Lionel Messi’s opener was his 20th goal of the season for Barcelona in all competitions; it’s the 13th consecutive campaign he’s scored 20+ goals for the club.

Messi has scored in the Champions League in each calendar year since 2005. This run of at least one goal in 17 consecutive years is the joint-longest run in the competition’s history alongside Raul (1995-2011).

Player of the match

MbappéKylian Mbappé

Barcelona

Squad number10Player nameMessi

Squad number21Player namede Jong

Squad number7Player nameGriezmann

Squad number11Player nameDembélé

Squad number1Player nameter Stegen

Squad number16Player namePedri

Squad number18Player nameAlba

Squad number2Player nameDest

Squad number3Player namePiqué

Squad number15Player nameLenglet

Squad number5Player nameBusquets

Squad number28Player nameMingueza

Squad number8Player namePjanic

Squad number9Player nameBraithwaite

Squad number17Player nameTrincão

Squad number12Player nameRiqui Puig

Paris Saint Germain

Squad number7Player nameMbappé

Squad number23Player nameDraxler

Squad number18Player nameKean

Squad number15Player nameDanilo Pereira

Squad number21Player nameHerrera

Squad number6Player nameVerratti

Squad number4Player nameKehrer

Squad number9Player nameIcardi

Squad number5Player nameMarquinhos

Squad number3Player nameKimpembe

Squad number27Player nameGueye

Squad number8Player nameParedes

Squad number24Player nameFlorenzi

Squad number1Player nameNavas

Squad number20Player nameKurzawa

Line-ups Barcelona

Formation 4-3-3

1ter Stegen

2Dest3Piqué15Lenglet18Alba

21de Jong5Busquets16González

11Dembélé10Messi7Griezmann

1ter Stegen

2Dest Substituted forMinguezaat 71’minutes

3Piqué Substituted forPuigat 78’minutes

15Lenglet

18Alba

21de Jong

5Busquets Substituted forPjanicat 78’minutes

16González Substituted forMachado Trincãoat 78’minutes

11Dembélé

10Messi

7Griezmann Substituted forBraithwaiteat 85’minutes

Substitutes

8Pjanic

9Braithwaite

12Puig

13Murara Neto

17Machado Trincão

19Fernandes Siqueira

23Umtiti

24Firpo

26Peña

28Mingueza

PSG

Formation 4-3-3

1Navas

24Florenzi5Marquinhos3Kimpembe20Kurzawa

27Gueye8Paredes6Verratti

18Kean9Icardi7Mbappé

1Navas

24Florenzi Substituted forKehrerat 89’minutes

5Marquinhos

3Kimpembe

20Kurzawa

27GueyeBooked at 20mins Substituted forHerreraat 45’minutes

8Paredes

6Verratti Substituted forDraxlerat 73’minutes

18Kean Substituted forDaniloat 85’minutes

9Icardi

7Mbappé

Substitutes

4Kehrer

12Rafinha

15Danilo

16Rico

19Sarabia

21Herrera

22Diallo

23Draxler

25Bakker

30Letellier

38Michut

Live Text

Match ends, Barcelona 1, Paris Saint Germain 4.

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Second Half ends, Barcelona 1, Paris Saint Germain 4.

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Clément Lenglet (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

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Foul by Mauro Icardi (Paris Saint Germain).

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Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Ander Herrera.

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Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Layvin Kurzawa.

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Danilo Pereira (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

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Foul by Miralem Pjanic (Barcelona).

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Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Marquinhos.

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Julian Draxler (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick on the right wing.

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Foul by Jordi Alba (Barcelona).

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Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Thilo Kehrer replaces Alessandro Florenzi.

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Attempt missed. Martin Braithwaite (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé with a cross.

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Goal! Barcelona 1, Paris Saint Germain 4. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Julian Draxler following a fast break.

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Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Danilo Pereira replaces Moise Kean.

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Substitution, Barcelona. Martin Braithwaite replaces Antoine Griezmann.

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Foul by Layvin Kurzawa (Paris Saint Germain).

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Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

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Ander Herrera (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

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Foul by Riqui Puig (Barcelona).