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Records Tumble As Kylian Mbappe And Neymar Forget Feud To Help PSG Hit Lille For Seven

Kylian Mbappe scored a hat-trick as PSG thumped Lille 7-1 on a record-breaking Sunday. Two of Mbappe's goals were set up by Neymar, despite talk of their feud.

Robert Summerscales

Records Tumble As Kylian Mbappe And Neymar Forget Feud To Help PSG Hit Lille For Seven
Records Tumble As Kylian Mbappe And Neymar Forget Feud To Help PSG Hit Lille For Seven /

Kylian Mbappe scored his first hat-trick of the season as Paris Saint-Germain thumped Lille 7-1 on a record-breaking Sunday in Ligue 1.

Mbappe netted the opener after just eight seconds to record the fastest goal in Ligue 1 history.

The result saw two other records broken.

PSG became the first team ever to score at least three goals in six straight Ligue 1 away games, while Lille conceded seven goals at home for the first time in their 77-year existence.

Neymar scored twice, while Lionel Messi and Achraf Hakimi also netted for PSG. 

Jonathan Bamba got Lille's consolation goal.

Neymar And Mbappe Forget Feud

Messi set up Mbappe's opener. But Mbappe's other two goals were assisted by Neymar.

The week building up to the game had been dominated by news of a feud between Mbappe and Neymar.

Their reported rift appeared to intensify after Neymar liked multiple tweets mocking Mbappe's status as PSG's chief penalty-taker.

Mbappe had a spot-kick saved in PSG's 5-2 win over Montpellier last weekend before Neymar successfully converted one later in the same game.

Afterwards, PSG boss Christophe Galtier publicly confirmed Mbappe as his side's first-choice for penalties this season.

Neymar later liked one tweet that read: "Today, in the PSG game, Neymar scored and HUMILIATED the goalkeeper (once again) in the penalty kick. Mbappe, on the other hand, hit VERY badly and lost. After the game, the coach said that Mbappe will be the team's main hitter for the season. An absurdity."

Another tweet liked by Neymar featured the comment: "Now it's official, Mbappe is the one who takes the penalties at PSG. Clearly, this is a contract thing, because in no club in the world that has Neymar, he would be the second collector, none!! It seems that because of the contract, Mbappe is the owner of PSG!!"

But there was no evidence of bad blood between Neymar and Mbappe on the pitch on Sunday, when they celebrated each other's goals by wrapping their arms around each other.

Neymar (center) and Kylian Mbappe (right) pictured celebrating together during PSG's 7-1 win over Lille in August 2022
Neymar (center) and Kylian Mbappe (right) pictured celebrating together during PSG's 7-1 win over Lille :: IMAGO/ZUMA Wire/Matthieu Mirville
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Robert Summerscales
ROBERT SUMMERSCALES

Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.

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