‘Messi’s first multi-goal’ PSG win 3-2 over Leipzig in Champions League

In the European Football Champions League, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) defeated Leipzig with Lionel Messi’s first multi-goal.

PSG won 3-2 with Mbappe’s opening goal and Messi’s two goals in the third group match against Leipzig at the Parc des Princes in Paris, France.

PSG, with 7 points from 2 wins and 1 draw, including 2 consecutive wins in the group stage, maintained their first place in Group A.

On the other hand, Leipzig stayed at the bottom (0 points) with three consecutive defeats in the group stage.

PSG opened the door with a goal from Mbappe in the 9th minute.

During the counterattack, Mbappe, who received a pass from Julian Draxler, crossed the midfield and shook the net with a right-footed shot from the penalty area.

Since then, the attack on Leipzig has survived.

In the 28th minute of the first half, Angelino scored a cross from the left side of the penalty area to the opposite side, and Andre Silva shoved it in to equalize.

In the 12th minute of the second half, Nordi Mukiele, who received another pass from Angelino, scored a comeback goal.

PSG were quickly led 1-2, but Messi and Mbappe were the fixers.

In the 22nd minute of the second half, Mbappe conceded a short pass to Messi running back from the right side of the penalty area, and Messi balanced it by scoring.

Seven minutes later, Messi scored the winning goal from a penalty kick.

Mbappe took a penalty kick while breaking through the opponent’s penalty area, and Messi, who took the kick, led the reversal with a left-footed Panenka kick.

With this, Messi scored three goals in the UCL alone without scoring in the regular season after wearing the PSG jersey in August.

After scoring his debut goal in the second match against Manchester City on the 29th of last month, he scored his first multi-goal since the transfer on the same day, scoring in two matches in a row.

PSG took another penalty in extra time in the second half, but Mbappe missed to secure the win by one goal.

Manchester City in the same group won their away match against Club Brugge 5-1.

Manchester City took the lead in the 30th minute with Joao Cancelo’s opening goal and overwhelmed the opponents with a total of five goals.

Riyadh Mahrez scored multiple goals, including a penalty in the 43rd minute of the first half, and Kyle Walker and Cole Palmer also opened the scoring.

With 2 wins and 1 loss, Manchester City are in 2nd place in Group A (6 points), and Bruges are in 3rd place (4 points, 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).

Liverpool in Group B beat Atletico Madrid 3-2.

Atlético, lead 0-2, balanced 2-2 with multi-goals from Antoine Griezmann in the 20th and 34th minutes of the first half, but in the 7th minute of the second half, Griezmann threw a dangerous ‘high kick’ to Roberto Firmino and was sent off directly.

Griezmann became the first player in UCL history to be sent off after scoring two goals.

The flow shifted back to Liverpool as a red card issue occurred.

Liverpool won the match with a penalty kick from Muhammad Salah in the 33rd minute of the second half.

Salah completed the multi-goal following the opening goal in the eighth minute and became the first team in club history to score in nine consecutive games.

Liverpool, who have won three consecutive group matches, are ranked first in the group (9 points), while Atletico Madrid (4, 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss) are in second place.

In Group C, Ajax defeated Borussia Dortmund 4-0 to win three consecutive group stages.

Dortmund experienced their first group defeat in the silence of Elling Halan.

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