Mbappe Rewrites Messi’s Record As Youngest Player To Score 30 Champions League Goals
The France striker’s Kylian Mbappe reached another milestone in his already glittering career by becoming the youngest player to reach 30 Champions League goals
His quick-fire double set French giants, Paris Saint Germain (PSG) on their way to victory against Club Brugge and added his name to the history books by breaking the previous record held by teammate Lionel Messi.
The France International needed just 70 seconds to open the scoring against the Belgian side at Parc des Princes and in doing so, reached Champions League 30 goals at the age of 22 years and 352 days, while Messi was 23 years, 131 days old when he reached that milestone back in 2010.
Also, Mbappe’s opener was PSG’s earliest Champions League goal since September 2016, when Edinson Cavani took just 42 seconds to score against Arsenal.
It did not take long for the Frenchman to find the net again, volleying home Angel Di Maria’s pass to double PSG’s lead after just six minutes, 23 seconds.
Interestingly, that represented the second-fastest brace by a player from the start of a Champions League match, behind only Rodrygo, who took just six minutes, 13 seconds to score twice for Real Madrid against Galatasary in November 2019.
However, not content with scoring himself, Mbappe then turned provider by teeing up Messi to curl home PSG’s third goal after 38 minutes. So far, he now has 11 goals and 14 assists in 22 appearances in all competitions for PSG this season.
Mats Rits pulled one back for Bruge in the second half before Messi won a penalty which he converted to complete a comfortable 4-1 victory.
Already guaranteed to finish second in Group A, the France elite club end their campaign with 11 points from six games, one point behind group winners Manchester City.
On their part, Club Brugge finished bottom of the table with just four points and conceding 20 goals in their six group games.
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | PTS | Form | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 12 | L W W W L | |
| 2 |  | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 11 | W L D W W | |
| 3 |  | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 7 | W W D L L | |
| 4 |  | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 20 | -14 | 4 | L L L L W |
