Mbappe at PSG to stay after flattening Monaco in title party
Paris St Germain’s Kylian Mbappe celebrates scoring their third goal and completing his hat-trick with ‘Notre-Dame’ on his shirt after the match at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris April 21, 2019. — Reuters pic
Their goalless draw at Toulouse left them 16 points behind PSG with only five games to play before kick-off in Paris and allowed the capital club to celebrate the title after missing chances to seal it in their previous three matches.The 20-year-old is targeting the domestic double ahead of next week’s French Cup final against Rennes after his side crashed out in the last 16 in the Champions League.
The World Cup winner then put the three points beyond doubt when he tapped in Alves’ low cross nine minutes after the break. “The Champions League is a huge goal, but a club like Juventus has been waiting more than 20 years to win that trophy, and that’s Juventus.”
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