Lionel Messi fumbled, but Neymar scored a brace and Kylian Mbappe contributed a goal as PSG beat Montpellier 5-2 in the second round of Ligue 1 on August 13.

Lionel Messi fumbled, but Neymar scored a brace and Kylian Mbappe contributed a goal as PSG beat Montpellier 5-2 in the second round of Ligue 1 on August 13.

PSG became the first club to score at least five goals in their opening two Ligue 1 matches, beating Montpellier 5–2 and Clermont Foot 5–0, since Reims in 1961–1962.

In the third round on August 21, Messi and his team-mates played Lille, while Montpellier returned home to Auxerre.