Erling Haaland and Mbappé, along with Karim Benzema and Lionel Messi, form the forefront of the FIFA World Team of the Year. One top striker is impressed by the other, because Haaland lacks words to praise Mbappé. “The French are so lucky that he plays for France. Of course I had hoped that he would play for Norway, but that is not the case,” the Premier League’s top scorer told Canal+.
Kylian Mbappé was crowned all-time club scorer of Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday. None other than Erling Haaland bows deeply to his French colleague.
Mbappé made himself heard in the top match against Olympique Marseille on Sunday by scoring two goals and an assist at Stade Vélodrome. “He’s a great player. So fast, so good. He’s been showing that for years now. How old is he, two years older than me? Insane,” concludes Haaland.
PSG coach Christophe Galtier calls Mbappé the ‘best striker in the world’
“Planète Mbappé”, headlines L’Équipe Monday morning above a large photo of a cheering Mbappé. The 66-time French international scored two hundred goals in PSG’s shirt by two goals against Marseille. This puts Mbappé level with Edinson Cavani as the club’s top scorer with the Parisians.
Former top striker Thierry Henry enjoyed Mbappé’s performance at Stade Vélodrome: “It soon became clear in the game that Kylian wanted to make it clear to everyone who is boss. He showed it again. It’s almost frightening,” Henry told Amazon Prime Video Sport. Thanks to the victory, PSG is eight points ahead of number two Marseille.
“Kylian has equaled a great record and everyone knows he’s going to take over the record. He is without a doubt the best striker in the world. It’s all happening so fast with him. Kylian always shows it in the top matches, that makes him such a great player,” Galtier said at the press conference after the Ligue 1 cracker, in which Lionel Messi accounted for the 0-2. For Messi, it was already his 700th official goal in his career.
After the game, Galtier had a striking get-together with two hot-tempered Marseille supporters. The men behind the PSG dugout ended up in a heated altercation with the trainer of the leader in France, who had to be calmed down by staff members.
