Kylian Mbappe has missed a “howler” as he spooned an absolute sitter over the crossbar after missing a penalty for Paris Saint-Germain.
French champions PSG had been awarded a penalty inside the opening 10 minutes of their Ligue 1 trip to Montpellier on Wednesday night, with Mbappe stepping up to take the spot-kick. His first effort was saved by Benjamin Lecomte, before VAR ruled that the Montpellier goalkeeper was off his line when the ball was kicked and ordered a retake.
Mbappe then saw his second effort tipped onto the post before smashing the rebound over the crossbar as the ball fell back to him.
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The ball had dropped kindly for the France forward on the edge of the six-yard box, but he was unable to get his foot over the ball and instead lifted it into the stand behind the goal.
Fans were quick to react to Mbappe’s miss on social media, with one tweeting: “Howler.” Another added: “Well that’s embarrassing.”
A third supporter also wrote: “That miss at the end is worse than both penalty misses put together.” One more commented: “So he is human and not a robot.”
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PSG were unable to find an opener before the interval as the two sides went in level at half-time. Christophe Galtier’s side are in search of a first league win since January 11 after losing to Rennes before a dramatic draw at home to Reims at the weekend.
Despite dropping points in their last two league matches, though, PSG remain top of Ligue 1 and can extend the gap over Marseille to five points with a win at Montpellier. Luckily, Mbappe’s blushes were spared as Fabian Ruiz gave PSG the lead in the 55th minute.
Mbappe’s miss is out of character for the 24-year-old, who has been in prolific form for PSG this season, scoring 25 goals in as many matches across all competitions.
13 of those goals have come in the league, meanwhile, he became the first player in the club’s history to score five goals in a single match last month.
Captaining the side against sixth tier Pays de Cassel in the French Cup, Mbappe was on the scoresheet five times in a 7-0 route including an 11-minute hat-trick.
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