Mbappe's in it to win it!

Kylian Mbappe heads to Munich fresh from a recordbreaking weekend with Paris SaintGermain and determined to lead the French giants past Bayern and into the quarterfinals of the Champions LeaguePSG trail 01 from the first leg of the last16 tie after injury reduced Mbappe 24 to a cameo appearance off the bench last month Yet the France superstar did enough in his short time on the pitch thenmdashincluding having a goal disallowed for a marginal offsidemdashto make it clear that he can swing the tie for his sideThree straight wins for PSGSince that game the Ligue 1 leaders have recovered from a worrying slump in form to claim three straight domestic wins scoring 11 goals in the process Mbappe has netted five of them including one in Saturdayrsquos 42 win over Nantes that saw him overtake Edinson Cavani and become PSGrsquos alltime top scorer fiveandahalf years after signing from Monaco in 2017Mbappe the first to score a hattrick in a World Cup final since Geoff Hurst in 1966 has a remarkable record of 201 goals from 247 games for PSG ldquoEvery player plays to leave a mark so that his name goes down in football history to not be forgotten With this record people will remember me hererdquo Mbappe said after being awarded a trophy by PSG in a lavish onfield presentation before an adoring crowdAlso readKylian Mbappe I play to make history and I am doing thatMbappe has 30 goals in 30 games for his club this season and has a strong claim to be the best player in the world right now even if Lionel Messi recently pipped him to win The Best FIFA menrsquos player award Messi with 18 goals himself for PSG this season is mainly there to serve Mbappe in Christophe Galtierrsquos side for whom the absence of Neymar due to injury in Munich may not matter Going out of the Champions League in the first knockout round for what would be the fifth time in seven seasons would really matter for PSG and their Qatari owners They lost to Bayern in Lisbon in their only appearance to date in the final in 2020 but one of the defining performances of Mbappersquos time with PSG came in Munich the following year On a snowy night in April 2021 Mbappe netted twice in a 32 quarterfinal firstleg win over Bayern in an empty Allianz Arena He opened the scoring as Paris went 20 up Bayern pulled themselves back level only for Mbappe to score a superb winner shaping to curl one towards the far corner only to smash his shot past goalkeeper Manuel Neuer at his near post ldquoMy mind is already on Wednesdayrsquos match We are going to Munich with the clear aim of qualifyingrdquo Mbappe said on Saturday before playing down suggestions a PSG exit would precipitate his departure from the clubTransfer talkldquoI donrsquot think this match will have an impact If I linked my future to the Champions League without wishing to show a lack of respect to the club I would have left a long time ago I am here and I am very happy to be here I am not thinking about anything other than making PSG successfulrdquoThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever