Lionel Messi scored a Ninety fifth-minute free-kick to provide Paris Saint-Germain a 4-3 win over Lille in a unprecedented Ligue 1 sport on Sunday during which Kylian Mbappe scored twice however Neymar was taken off on a stretcher with an obvious ankle damage. Messi’s late winner got here after PSG had squandered a two-goal lead and fallen 3-2 behind, with Mbappe grabbing a late equaliser earlier than the Argentine’s gorgeous strike. The outcome ends a run of three straight defeats for PSG and strikes them eight factors away from second-placed Marseille, who go to Toulouse later after which host the capital membership subsequent weekend. Of quick concern to the Parisians would be the damage to Neymar, who in tears as he was helped onto a stretcher early within the second half after turning his ankle.

The Brazilian’s health is now prone to dominate headlines within the run-up to subsequent week’s Marseille showdown but in addition the second leg of PSG’s Champions League last-16 tie in opposition to Bayern Munich on March 8.

Christophe Galtier’s crew had been seeking to bounce again from a 1-0 residence loss to the Germans within the first leg of that tie and so they went forward early on in opposition to Lille by way of Mbappe, making his first begin after getting back from a thigh damage.

Neymar quickly made it 2-0 in opposition to a facet PSG beat 7-1 of their final assembly in August, however Bafode Diakite pulled one again for fifth-placed Lille halfway by way of the primary half.

The residence facet then noticed Neymar carried off inside 5 minutes of the second half beginning, and Lille drew stage when Jonathan David transformed a penalty for his seventeenth purpose this season following a Marco Verratti foul within the field.

Jonathan Bamba made it 3-2 to the away facet with an excellent end and the house facet seemed set for a fourth successive loss earlier than Mbappe transformed from a Juan Bernat help with simply three minutes remaining.

That was his twenty seventh purpose this season in all competitions, but it surely was not the tip of the drama as Messi received a free-kick when he was fouled simply outdoors the world by Benjamin Andre.

The World Cup winner stepped as much as dispatch the lifeless ball into the online off the put up to spherical off a outstanding sport.

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