Paris St Germain battled to victory at Montpellier

The France attacker who won the World Cup's Golden Boot had a penalty saved by Benjamin Lecomte before a second attempt was required, and he again failed. After only 21 minutes, he had to be replaced due to an injury. Fabian Ruiz and Lionel Messi scored for PSG in their subsequent 3-1 triumph, which was sealed in stoppage time by 16-year-old Warren Zaire-Emery after Arnaud Nordin had given the hosts a lead.

Christophe Galtier, the manager of PSG, will be worried about a probable injury when his team plays Bayern Munich on February 14 in the first leg of their Champions League match. Bayern had a lot simpler evening than Mainz, defeating them 4-0 to advance to the DFB-Pokal quarterfinals. In the first moments of his Bayern debut, Joao Cancelo assisted Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, who volleyed the visitors in front.