Seven-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi equalled teammate Kylian Mbappe at the top of the list of players with the most assists in French Ligue 1 football this season. The Argentina national team talisman provided an assist for Mbappe during the home game with Saint Etienne at the weekend to pull level with him on the assist chart.

Argentina team skipper Messi came into the Saint Etienne game on the back of nine assists from 15 league matches, while Mbappe had ten assists in 23 games. Mbappe didn’t add to his tally of assists as Paris Saint Germain (PSG) came from behind to beat Saint Etienne 3-1 at the Parc des Princes at the weekend thus doing the double over them though it must be pointed out that the French World Cup winner scored two of the three PSG goals to take his tally to 14 goals this term and one behind leading goalscorer Wissem Ben Yedder of AS Monaco who’s also a compatriot. Continue reading →