PARIS: Already qualified, Paris St-Germain finished the Champions League group stage in style as Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi won the double in a 4-1 home win over Club Brugge on Tuesday.
French attacker Mbappe gave the Ligue 1 side a 2-0 lead in the first seven minutes, with Messi adding a third before half-time and a fourth with a penalty after half-time.
PSG had secured second place in Group A before kick-off, while Manchester City, who lost 2-1 to RB Leipzig on Tuesday, had already secured first place, finishing 12 points, one ahead of Mauricio Pochettino’s Paris side.
Bruges were eliminated from European competition after finishing bottom with four points, three behind Leipzig.
Visiting goalkeeper Simon Mignolet clumsily punched a Nuno Mendes cross into Mbappe’s path, who scored after two minutes and the striker was back at it five minutes later when he volleyed the Belgian past a pass from Angel Di Maria.
Mbappe is the youngest player to have scored 30 goals in the Champions League, less than two weeks before his 23rd birthday.
Messi added the third seven minutes before half time with a signature curled try from outside the area and although Mats Rits pulled one back in the 68th, PSG were always in control.
Messi took a comfortable win with a 76th-minute kick after being knocked down by substitute Ignace Van der Brempt.
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