Kylian Mbappe nets after eight seconds for PSG following glorious Lionel Messi assist

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Kylian Mbappe scored after eight seconds for PSG in their Ligue 1 game against Lille following a glorious Lionel Messi assist

Kylian Mbappe celebrates after scoring a goal in just eight seconds against Lille in Ligue 1.
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Kylian Mbappe scored after just eight seconds for Paris Saint-Germain following a glorious Lionel Messi assist in the Parisians' Ligue 1 clash at Lille on Sunday.

In what looked like a practiced routine, PSG scored straight from the kick-off as Mbappe ran forward and Messi curled a beatiful ball into his path following a short pass from Neymar in the middle of the pitch.

Mbappe was left one on one with Lille goalkeeper Leo Jardim and beat the onrushing Brazilian with a delicate lob from the edge of the area.

The PSG players celebrated all together and there were no signs of the tensions between the big three forwards which had undermined last weekend's 5-2 win over Montpellier.

Messi made it 2-0 to PSG inside half an hour with a low shot into the bottom-right corner following a cutback from Nuno Mendes.

Further strikes from Achraf Hakimi and Neymar gave the French champions a 4-0 lead at the break and the Parisians went on to win 7-1 as the Brazilian scored again and Mbappe added two more to complete his hat-trick late on.

Ben Hayward
Ben Hayward
Weekend editor

Ben Hayward is a European football writer and Tottenham Hotspur fan with over 15 years’ experience, he has covered games all over the world - including three World Cups, several Champions League finals, Euros, Copa America - and has spent much of that time in Spain. Ben speaks English and Spanish, currently dividing his time between Barcelona and London, covering all the big talking points of the weekend on FFT: he’s also written several list features and interviewed Guglielmo Vicario for the magazine.