Unsurprisingly, Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe took center stage on Saturday as Paris Saint-Germain struck their last treble.
Mauricio Pochettino’s side recently celebrated their return by traveling to the Stade de la Mosson for a meeting with Montpellier.
And despite their longest-running Ligue 1 title win, the evening’s visitors showed little mercy en route to a 4-0 win.
The aforementioned Messi made headlines early on, claiming a brace that included the following trademark of Kylian Mbappe’s generous assist:
Kylian Mbappé is mean!! 😮💨
Incredible pass from the prince of PSG to find Messi circling the goalkeeper for a cool finish 💫
Champagne football 🥂 pic.twitter.com/m1UneSPUqE
– Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) May 14, 2022
Angel Di Maria, who replaced the suspended Neymar, was the next to score before Mbappe went on to score to complete the goal on the hour, firing from the penalty spot with typical confidence.
‘Egotistical’
Despite his brace that night in the middle of a comfortable 90 minutes for PSG, many fans of Lionel Messi’s club were quick to vent their frustration after the game.
That’s down to the actions of the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner’s attacking partner.
With Messi just one goal away from a first-ever Ligue 1 hat-trick in a disappointing debut season in Paris, Argentina fans were left furious as Mbappe, not Messi, took the blame for the second-half penalty spot. .
Again, just part of the social media reaction is shown below:
I should have given it to Messi
— Ziad is in pain again (@Ziad_EJ) May 14, 2022
a bit selfish
– James (@JxmesAVFC) May 14, 2022
selfish fgs
– îşî – deprimierter RCB-Fan (@MN_GamerYT) May 14, 2022
@KMbappe you are selfish af.
—Rohan Chowdhury (@TheRohan22) May 14, 2022
Mbape has no idea he should have given the penalty to Messi, I don’t like that guy
– Cizko_7️⃣👑 (@ Cizko7_) May 14, 2022
Even if you won the penalty, give it to Messi to score a hat-trick for PSG. selfish gambler and jealous gambler
– Herr Chidi Richard🌿 (@ ChidiRichard8) May 14, 2022
WHY DON’T YOU LET MESSI GET THE PEN SO HE CAN GET HIS HAT-TRICK. UR WILL ALREADY WIN. WHAT’S NOT AT OUR SELF-OBJECTIVE USELESS DUSTY CLUB
— Ronaldo is my wife (@PenaldosHusband) May 14, 2022
This team doesn’t like themselves… just a bunch of selfish pigs… Messi is in the wrong place tbh…
— Orchard (@orchardkgv) May 14, 2022
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