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The Spaniard has to go all the way back, and PSG build once more. The flag is up, but VAR checks... Neymar smashes it home as Soler feeds Bernat, and the Spaniard slides it inside for Neymar, who takes one touch to control, before volleying home. Paris Saint-Germain There we have it, An easy win for PSG in the end. CORNER, PARIS

Messi netted in the second half of a 2-0 win over Angers that extended PSG's lead atop Ligue 1.

Lois Openda equalised in the 33rd with a powerful header but Lens were unable to add a third despite dominating, as Strasbourg keeper Matz Sels made several key saves after the break. In Strasbourg, Lens fell 2-1 behind after Alexis Claude-Maurice’s 11th-minute opener was cancelled out by Sanjin Prcic and Kevin Gameiro in the 13th and 16th minutes in a hectic start to the game. RC Lens stayed second but dropped two points in a 2-2 draw at struggling Racing Strasbourg with all the goals coming before the break.

Lionel Messi made his first start for Paris Saint-Germain since winning the FIFA World Cup with Argentina and put in a superlative display as the champions ...

Bernardoni kept Mukiele out with a brilliant stop at the death (90'), and it ended 2-0. The last time les Scoïstes got so much as a point from this fixture was back in December 2015, when they held Paris to a goalless draw at the Stade Raymond Kopa. Ramos then gave the ball away to Bentaleb, but Marquinhos got his fellow defender out of trouble with a block (54'). Ekitiké should have made it two at the other end inside the hour, but he miscontrolled Juan Bernat's cut-back before sending a tame shot into Bernardoni's gloves (58'). PSG, playing a 3-4-3, dominated possession, but they had a scare soon after when Gigio Donnarumma raced off his line and missed a speculative ball forward, but Juan Bernat was there to mop up the Italy No.1's mess (15'). Messi was back but Kylian Mbappé was rested with Hugo Ekitiké getting the nod up front in his stead, and the youngster wasted little time in getting his name on the scoresheet, steering Nordi Mukiele's low cross home for 1-0 with his third goal in as many games (5').

Lionel Messi made it a winning return to Paris as the World Cup hero helped the Ligue 1 leaders bounced back from last week's defeat to Lens by inflicting a ...

Lionel Messi, 7 – A triumphant return to action for the World Cup-winning captain, who orchestrated Ekitike’s opener before scoring one of his own. Successfully shut down any counter-attacks on his side of the defence. With Lens held to a draw by Strasbourg, it’s a result that puts the leaders seven points clear again – and more importantly, shows their Argentine star is still very much here to run the show, even in Kylian Mbappé’s absence.

Lionel Messi was crucial in the build-up for the first goal and scored the second as PSG beat Angers to go six points clear at the top of Ligue 1.

VAR, though, overturned the ruling, and Messi was awarded a goal on his return to club football after his heroics at Qatar 2022. Abdallah Sima had the best, blasting over from five yards out. PSG wasted little time taking the lead, carving through Angers with relative ease just five minutes in.

Liverpool match updates, live commentary stream, latest score, goals, team news, line-ups and analysis against Paris Saint-Germain in the Premier League ...

A big night in store for the young Reds. Full time at Kirkby and Liverpool have beaten PSG 4-2 in the Premier League International Cup. Musialowski gets the game underway at a particularly busy Academy. It's looking like a good night for the young Reds so far, let's hope they keep it up! The Reds beat Dynamo Zagreb 2-0 in their opening encounter and now take on bottom-of-the-group PSG in Kirkby. PSG just about holding firm, for now. Three early chances so far; two for Jake Cain and one for James Norris. Koumetio’s first will surely be the club’s goal of the season. The hosts have been too strong from the first whistle. Horrible clash of heads between Lee Jonas and Dan-Patrice Bikouta. Koumetio - from much closer range this time - makes it three. What a comeback this is turning out to be!

On his return from a loan spell, Billy Koumetio scored a wonder goal from his own half to set Liverpool on their way to a comfortable win over PSG.

[Man United](https://www.thisisanfield.com/liverpool-fc/man-united) (A) – [Premier League](https://www.thisisanfield.com/liverpool-fc/premier-league) 2 – Saturday, January 14, 5pm (GMT) [Premier League](https://www.thisisanfield.com/liverpool-fc/premier-league) International Cup. [Stefan Bajcetic](https://www.thisisanfield.com/liverpool-fc/stefan-bajcetic/) and [Ben Doak](https://www.thisisanfield.com/liverpool-fc/ben-doak/), with injury affecting the former, while [Kaide Gordon](https://www.thisisanfield.com/liverpool-fc/kaide-gordon/) was not yet ready to return to action. [Mateusz Musialowski](https://www.thisisanfield.com/liverpool-fc/mateusz-musialowski/) won a penalty when he was brought down in the area after dribbling around the ‘keeper. [Premier League](https://www.thisisanfield.com/liverpool-fc/premier-league) International Cup [Bobby Clark](https://www.thisisanfield.com/liverpool-fc/bobby-clark/) – but the young attacker was instead in action for the Reds’ Under-18s in the FA Youth Cup at Port Vale.

Lionel Messi celebrated his return to domestic competition after the World Cup by scoring a second-half goal as Paris Saint-Germain extended their Ligue 1 ...

In Italy, Milan crashed out of the Coppa Italia after a 1-0 home defeat to Torino. Vinícius Júnior could have won it for Real Madrid in extra time but his close-range shot was saved by Giorgi Mamardashvili. The two teams finished level at 1-1 after 90 minutes and extra time.

Lionel Messi scored in Paris Saint-Germain's 2-0 win over Angers in Ligue 1 on Wednesday on his first appearance since leading Argentina to victory in the ...

PSG's unbeaten record this season had been ended in a 3-1 defeat away at Lens on New Year's Day, but they bounced back to win 3-1 at third-tier Chateauroux in the French Cup at the weekend without any of their superstar attacking trio. The win, which came three and a half weeks after he captained Argentina to their World Cup final triumph on penalties against France in Qatar, saw PSG move six points clear at the top of the French table. Messi had been rested for PSG's first three matches following the long break in the season caused by the World Cup but he returned to training in Paris a week ago and was back in the starting line-up for this game against Ligue 1's bottom side.

Paris Saint-Germain extended their lead at the top of Ligue 1 with a routine 2-0 win over Angers, with a goal for the returning Lionel Messi.

Neymar, in a slightly deeper role, hangs back and slides a lovely outside of the boot pass into the path of Messi down the left flank. It's been coming; the hosts have controlled the early exchanges, and after Neymar picked it up in the right half-space and fed Mukiele, Ekitike made his run to the near post, and finished clinically. Lionel Messi scored on his return to action for Paris Saint-Germain as the Argentine World Cup winner helped his team to a comfortable three points in their Ligue 1 encounter with Angers at the Parc des Princes. Paris, however, began to profit from the increased space opening up in the visiting half, as Neymar, Messi, Vitinha and Fabian were afforded more time on the ball. He finished with aplomb, but had a nervy two-minute wait as VAR checked the initial offside call. A slight miscommunication between Gianluigi Donnarumma and Juan Bernat had home fans momentarily worried, as both PSG players went for a ball played in behind the defence.

The 35-year-old started for the French champions line-up in the home clash against a side who are bottom of the league and have lost their last nine games.

Talks between both parties had begun before the World Cup and confirmation on a new one-year deal was expected following events in the middle east. Before the break for his World Cup heroics, Messi had scored 12 goals in 19 games for the French side. Messi makes his return with his future at the club still unclear.

Lionel Messi was prevented from showing off the World Cup trophy he won with Argentina in Qatar before scoring for Paris Saint-Germain in their Ligue 1 ...

PSG manager Christophe Galtier confirmed talks are underway to ensure the former [Barcelona](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/fc-barcelona) forward - who "seems happy" - will continue to light up the Parc des Princes. Argentina defeated France in the final in [Qatar](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/qatar) to prevent Les Bleus from winning back-to-back World Cups. Messi was granted a two-week holiday by PSG - the largest amount of time off possible - after captaining Argentina to World Cup glory and winning the Golden Ball as the tournament's best player. Nordi Mukiele grabbed his second assist of the match by delicately playing [Messi](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/lionel-messi) through on goal, having also set up Hugo Ekitike's fifth-minute opener. It's a subject I don't discuss with him." "I do not know where it is. [Have your say in the comments!](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/lionel-messi-world-cup-psg-28932869#comments-wrapper) [suggest he will extend his stay](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/lionel-messi-psg-contract-barcelona-28916378) in the French capital. [repeatedly taunting France and PSG forward Kylian Mbappe.](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/martinez-mbappe-feud-world-cup-28791803) Messi [received a touching guard of honour](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/lionel-messi-psg-world-cup-28872240) on his return to his club's training ground in early January, but the PSG hierarchy opted against a special tribute to their World Cup-winning talisman ahead of their clash against Angers. [winning the World Cup with Argentina,](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/breaking-argentina-france-worldcup-final-28762994) the footballing genius capped a sublime PSG move to double the lead against [Angers](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/angers-sco) in the 72nd minute. [Paris Saint-Germain](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/paris-saint-germain) with a goal on his return to [Ligue 1](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/ligue-1) action on Wednesday night. [Strasbourg.](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/rc-strasbourg) There was plenty to celebrate for Messi but perhaps some disappointment before the match, when he was prevented from parading the [World Cup](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/world-cup-2022?service=responsive) trophy at the Parc des Princes.

Lionel Messi was banned from parading his newly-won World Cup trophy around the Parc des Princes on Wednesday evening as he returned to club duties with a ...

And Messi was part of the starting side for the French champions - who took the pitch in shirts paying tribute to Pele, who died over Christmas. [comments section](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/lionel-messi-psg-world-cup-28932517#comments-section) [According to the French outlet La Parisien](https://www.leparisien.fr/sports/football/psg/psg-angers-pas-de-fete-au-parc-pour-lionel-messi-10-01-2023-4EZ5SDF3UNEJ3AHDY3MWUL3EUQ.php?ts=1673364582784), PSG were worried Messi might be the subject of boos from his own fans. [Lionel Messi 'wouldn't say no' to Man City transfer, claims Sven Goran Eriksson](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/messi-man-city-open-offer-28928828) [PSG](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/psg-fc) have banned [Lionel Messi](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/lionel-messi) from parading the [World Cup](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/world-cup) around the Parc des Princes - after Argentina beat France in a thrilling final last month. [Ligue 1](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/ligue-1) action on Wednesday evening as they took on Angers.

Lionel Messi made a scoring return for Paris Saint-Germain as they beat bottom-placed Angers 2-0 in Ligue 1 to stretch their lead to six points at the top ...

Scoring is good for my confidence, I have to continue like this," said Ekitike. - Lionel Messi makes scoring return for PSG in 2-0 win over Angers in Ligue 1 PSG 2-0 Angers: Lionel Messi makes a scoring return from World Cup glory for French champions as they see off bottom-placed Angers to stretch lead to six points at the top of the Ligue 1 table

Get a report of the Paris Saint-Germain vs. Angers 2022-23 Ligue 1 football match.

"We're happy because it helps us put the [Lens](/football/team?id=175) game behind us." The Brazil great, who won a record three World Cups, "It was the game we needed, with three points in the end.

PSG manager Christophe Galtier praised star player Lionel Messi after an electric performance on his return to the PSG side.

THE BIGGER PICTURE: Messi returned to the PSG side after an extended spell away from the club following his World Cup win with Argentina. He was able to play the whole match, that's very good." It wasn't the best showing from the league leaders, but Messi was his usual impactful self, proving to be the difference maker on the night.