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Mbappe, Messi on target as PSG rally to beat Maccabi

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:Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi combined superbly as Paris St Germain's near-perfect start to the season continued with a 3-1 win at Maccabi Haifa in the Champions League on Wednesday.Messi cancelled out Tjarron Chery's surprise first-half opener after being set up by Mbappe and he returned the favour for the France forward after the break before Neymar grabbed a late third as PSG were made to sweat by the Israeli champions.PSG top Group H with six points, level with Benfica who claimed a 2-1 victory at Juventus.Christophe Galtier's French side travel to Benfica on Oct.

5 while Juventus and Haifa meet with the threat of early elimination looming.Mbappe, however, admitted his team's performance was far from perfect."The pitch was not great but that's not an excuse," he said."We made some adjustments after the break and it paid off.

But we've got to work hard to get results in terms of the way we play because we've got some big games coming up."PSG got off to a lively start with Mbappe threatening twice in the opening minutes but they quickly fell into a lull and they were punished midway through the half.As Haifa increased the pressure, Dolev Haziza whipped a perfect cross for Chery, who stretched out his leg to beat Gianluigi Donnarumma and put the hosts ahead.PSG struggled to find their rhythm but Mbappe beat two defenders in the box and his cross was deflected into the path of Messi, who fired home from close range to make it 1-1 eight minutes before the break.Argentine Messi has now found the back of the net against a record 39 different teams in the Champions League.PSG were still too passive after the interval, allowing Haifa to create chances for Frantzdy Pierrot and Omer Atzili.Vitinha's work in the midfield,

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