PSG 5-2 Montpellier: 5 talking points as Neymar double guides champions to another comfortable win | Ligue 1 2021-22
Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) beat Montpellier 5-2 at the Parc des Princes in Ligue 1 on Saturday to continue their winning start to the season.
An own goal from Falaye Sacko opened the floodgates before Neymar doubled the home side's advantage from the spot.
He then made it 3-0 early after the interval but Wahbi Khazri pulled one back for La Paillade just minutes later.
In the 69th minute, Kylian Mbappe was off the mark for the season and Renato Sanches also bagged his debut goal for the Parisians in the closing stages.
FULL-TIME: @PSG_English 5-2 Montpellier!
An impressive performance leads to 3 points for the first match of the season at the Parc des Princes ❤️💙
#PSGMHSC https://t.co/j4vWXm2yv0
There was still time for more goalmouth action, however, as Enzo Mbiayi unleashed a venomous strike into the top corner to reduce Montpellier's deficit further.
It was an action-packed and thoroughly entertaining game, with PSG making it two wins from two in Ligue 1 to climb to the top of the table.
Here are the major talking points from the game:
#5 A night of redemption for Kylian Mbappe
Mbappe made his first appearance of the season for PSG tonight and was rocky in the opening stanza. The Frenchman saw his penalty attempt saved by Jonas Omlin and then wasted a chance by hanging on to the ball for too long.
Kylian Mbappe has a missed a penalty in Ligue 1 for the first time since March 2019 against Marseille.
He had scored each of his last 10 in the league before today.
However, he returned from the interval stronger and after probing for a long time, finally got his goal, his 10th against the side.
The 23-year-old stuck out his boot to poke an incoming corner into the net and get his first goal of the season. A redemption for his earlier penalty blunder.
#4 Jonas Omlin was impressive for Montpellier in first half
PSG were 2-0 ahead at half-time but without Jonas Omlin's fantastic saves, could've held a bigger lead. The Swiss international was fabulous in the opening stanza.
His first major piece of action was keeping out Mbappe's penalty by guessing the right direction and parrying it away. Just minutes later, he stopped Messi's fearsome free-kick that was on target too.
Penalty saved! 🧤
Jonas Omlin denies Mbappe his first of the season ❌ https://t.co/qvYxci7kpW
Following another two minutes or so, Omlin saved another long-range attempt from the Argentine. Thus, he completed a hat-trick of crucial interventions to keep the scoreline respectable for Montpellier.
However, the goalkeeper had no luck with Neymar's spot-kick and conceded thrice more after the break, kind of eclipsing much of his hard work and heroics from earlier on.