French forward scored three goals against Barcelona.

In the first leg of the 1/8 finals of the Champions League, PSG on a visit dealt with Barcelona (4: 1). PSG striker Kylian Mbappe scored a hat-trick in this meeting.

Thus, Mbappe became only the second player in the history of the Champions League to score three goals at the Camp Nou in one match..

Before that, the only such player was the former Dynamo Kiev forward Andriy Shevchenko, who now heads the Ukrainian national team.. Ukrainian scored a hat-trick in the second leg of the Champions League group stage in the 1997/98 season.

Andriy Shevchenko \u003d last player to score Champions League hat-trick at Camp Nou against Barcelona (1997)? #UCL pic. twitter. com / QvahUHvCRQ - UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) February 16, 2021 Mbappe also became only the third player to score three goals against Barcelona in one Champions League match, and the first to do so in the playoffs. In addition to Kilian and Shevchenko, Faustino Asprilla scored a hat-trick at the blaugranas goal.

Earlier it was reported that Mbappe came in third in goals in PSG history.