France national team forward Kylian Mbappe has now become Paris Saint-Germain’s all-time top scorer with 201 goals after PSG beat Nantes 4-2 in Ligue 1.
Mbappe scored the sixth and final goal of the match, giving him his 201st goal for PSG and breaking Edinson Cavani’s record. With this, PSG moved 11 points ahead at the top of the standings.
After the final whistle, the PSG club held a small ceremony in the Parc des Princes with a large portrait of Mbappé.
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“It is very special to be here. The last time I came here it was to announce that I am staying, it is an honor to be here as the club’s top scorer,” news agency PTI quoted Mbappe as saying. quoted who said, “It is a privilege for me to be a PSG player, to play in this historic shirt for the biggest club in France.”
With the match over, football legend Lionel Messi sent a message for Mbappe, saying, “Congratulations @k.mbappe for the record!!”
On this Mbappe wrote, “I play to write history. I have always said that I want to write history in France, in the capital, in my country, in my city, I am doing it, it is beautiful, but There is still a long way to go. It is an individual achievement, but I have also come for the collective achievements.”
Earlier, Messi was named the winner of the Best FIFA Men’s Player award with 52 points, while Mbappe finished second with 44 points.
With agency inputs.
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