PARIS — Kylian Mbappé’s double led Paris St. Germain’s (PSG) recovery as they came from a goal down to beat struggling St.-Étienne (3-1) on Saturday and extend their lead at the top of Ligue 1 to 16 points.
French forward Mbappé scored either side of half time and then turned provider for Danilo Pereira to head home at the back post for the third goal.
St.-Étienne had collected 10 points from their previous four Ligue 1 matches to move from bottom of the standings to outside the relegation zone. They took a 16th-minute lead through Denis Bouanga and held it until three minutes before the break when Lionel Messi set up Mbappé for the equalizer.
The same combination then put PSG ahead two minutes into the second half and five minutes later Danilo Pereira doubled the lead. — Reuters