Could Neymar and Mbappé antics derail PSG as season enters crunch time?

This has been the time of year when the French club's season has tended to implode in recent years, with three successive eliminations in the first knockout round of the Champions League.

They are currently unbeaten in 20 games in all competitions, and sit 12 points clear at the top of Ligue 1.

However, everything is gearing up towards their Champions League tie against Dortmund, with the first leg in Germany on February 18.

PSG have not made it beyond the last 16 in four years, with the nature of defeats against Barcelona in 2017 and Manchester United last season helping make them something of a laughing stock around Europe.

Injuries to Neymar at this stage in each of the last two years proved crucial, so fans of a nervous disposition will be hoping the rib injury suffered by the Brazilian last weekend is nothing more than a short-term problem.