Twitter explodes as Lionel Messi and PSG secure 2-1 win against Marseille
Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) recorded a 2-1 win against Marseille at the Parc des Princes on Sunday and extended their lead at the top of the Ligue 1 standings to 15 points. Mauricio Pochettino's side look well set to reclaim their domestic crown from Lille and took another step towards doing so with a victory in Le Classique.
Neymar broke the deadlock for PSG in the 12th minute with a sensational first-time finish as he lobbed the ball past goalkeeper Pau Lopez after getting on the end of a Marco Verratti pass. The Parisians, however, looked a bit sluggish after scoring and were made to pay as Duje Caleta-Car poked the ball home from close range after Gigi Donnarumma failed to collect a corner.
The PSG goalkeeper has been underwhelming in recent weeks and once again cost his team a goal to gift Marseille a way back into the game. Lionel Messi produced multiple flashes of brilliance in the first half, but the Argentine had two goals chalked off for offside as he failed to add to his tally of three Ligue 1 goals this season.
The home side, however, did manage to get in front just before the interval, as Kylian Mbappe calmly converted a penalty after PSG were awarded a spot-kick upon consultation with VAR for a handball.
PSG and Messi were denied by multiple marginal offside calls
The second half turned out to be a tight-fought contest as Marseille probed in search of an equalizer. Mbappe had the ball into the back of the net after being brilliantly set up by Messi, but PSG were once again denied by an offside flag. Due to the magnitude of the fixture, both sets of players were involved in a series of scuffles, with Matteo Guendouzi risking the wrath of the home fans by going down cheaply after being tackled by Neymar.
Marseille thought they had a late equalizer through William Saliba, but their joy was cut short by VAR as the Arsenal loanee was millimeters offside. Both sides made a handful of substitutions late in the game, with Marseille throwing on Cedric Bakambu to find a potential equalizer. But it wasn't to be, as the home side maintained their composure to see off the game.
As PSG extended their lead at the top of the table to 15 points with a win against second-placed Marseille, here are some of the best tweets from the game. Most PSG fans were buzzing, but some were unhappy that Messi failed to add to his tally:
74 | Messi with a great ball to put Mbappé through on goal, but Ćaleta-Car does brilliantly to get back and cover it.
Lionel Messi assist but Kylian Mbappe offside. That's two goals and one assist for Messi which have been ruled for offside in PSG's match vs. Marseille.
Payet just ended Messi. 😂😭
https://t.co/Qho3xZqwjl
Mbappé has taken like every PSG pen this season and the only one he gave Messi was the one against Madrid loool
2 offside goals for Messi, this man sold his soul and luck for the Copa America dfkm
Third disallowed goal. This time a Messi assist chalked off
2 Messi goals ruled offside. Tough scenes.
Man Messi is playing incredible ffs, Parc des Princes in awe. Easily MOTM
WHAT IS THIS GAME LOOOOOOOOL, MESSI ANOTHER OFFSIDE SO UNLUCKY AND HE SHOULD HAVE A PEN!!!!
Neymar man, I love football for this guy.
Neymar’s top 5 dead or alive still don’t care
Neymar absolutely losing his shit because of an opponent play-acting is hilarious. Talk about a complete lack of self awareness 🤣
There will never be a player like Neymar. He's a gift from God that we couldn’t appreciate enough. https://t.co/msXDLjchB7
Neymar is back to his best
VAMOS https://t.co/cAxOtqx89K
They said Neymar is finished 😭😭https://t.co/P8zvBFiCfD
Mbappe & Neymar has a combined 11 non penalty goals in their last 3 league games and they still took the last 2 penalties over Lionel Messi who has just 3 goals. I can't deal with this anymore man.💔
Neymar has been by far the best player on the pitch tonight.
Mbappé has been offside 6 times today how is this possible?
Confirmation bias or Mbappe is offside a lot?
Mbappé has been pretty poor tonight tbh
Mbappe taking penalty from Messi 😭😭 https://t.co/HwuBn2G1t0
Neymar giving the penalty to Mbappé to help him win the golden boot. My beautiful duo.
Mbappe when he's told to pass ball to Neymar & Messi https://t.co/CyCNKWqmgr