Paris Saint-Germain star Kylian Mbappe continued his fine form in front of goal on Sunday after breaking a Ligue 1 record that stood for 44 years.
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The 2018 World Cup winner bagged a brace as the French champions thrashed Saint-Etienne 4-0 to move seven points clear at the top on Sunday night.
Leandro Paredes and Mauro Icardi also got on the score-sheet for Thomas Tuchel's charges, but it was Mbappe who grabbed the headlines after moving to nine Ligue 1 goals in 11 matches.
In doing so, Mbappe took his overall tally 70 top flight goals and becomes the youngest player ever to reach that goal-scoring mark in France.
70 - Kylian Mbappé (20 years, 11 months, 25 days) has become the youngest player to reach 70 goals in Ligue 1 over the last 50 seasons - overtaking Bernard Lacombe who did it with Lyon in 1975 (22 years, 5 months, 11 days). Milestone. @PSG_English pic.twitter.com/IBhPzqFSln
— OptaJean (@OptaJean) December 15, 2019
However, Mbappe only sits third the Lige 1 golden boot race as he trails Olympique Lyon's Moussa Dembele (10 goals) and AS Monaco striker Islam Slimani (11 goals).
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