Kylian Mbappe capped a fine display with two goals as Paris St-Germain (PSG) comfortably moved into the quarter-finals of the Champions League with a 2-1 win over Real Sociedad on Tuesday.
The victory allowed PSG to advance 4-1 on aggregate.
With the trip to San Sebastian billed as a potentially tricky second leg for PSG to negotiate, all eyes were on Mbappe, who has agreed to join Real Madrid this summer.
And the France forward turned in a superb performance to register his 27th and 28th goals of the campaign for Luis Enrique’s side.
The 25-year-old served an early warning to the hosts by accelerating past Hamari Traore to tee up a chance for Bradley Barcola, which was well saved by home goalkeeper Alex Remiro.
In the 15th minute Mbappe opened his account for the evening, latching on to Ousmane Dembele’s pass and teasing defender Igor Zubeldia, before whipping a right-foot effort into the bottom-right corner with such power and precision that it temporarily dislodged the netting.
Mbappe’s second of the night arrived in the 56th minute, as he raced clear down the left to collect Lee Kang-in’s pass and then emphatically dispatched a disguised low shot past Remiro at his near post.
It was no more than the Parisiens deserved with Imanol Alguacil’s Sociedad team far too passive in the opening stages and only sparking into life after they had fallen four goals behind on aggregate.
By then it was far too late with Mikel Merino’s driven effort in the closing minutes proving merely a consolation.
Harry Kane also netted a brace to help Bayern Munich overturn a first-leg deficit against Lazio and advance to the quarter-finals of the Champions League with a 3-0 victory.
Trailing 1-0 from the first leg in Rome, Bayern looked set for a frustrating night until Kane’s header in the 38th minute levelled the scores on aggregate.
Long-serving Thomas Muller then doubled Bayern’s lead on the night with another header in first half stoppage time.
Kane made it 3-1 on aggregate from close range after Leroy Sane’s shot was parried into his path in the 66th minute.
It was an impressive turnaround by Bayern, who have endured a bitterly disappointing domestic campaign.
However, this win keeps alive Tuchel’s hopes of delivering Bayern a seventh European title before the former Chelsea boss leaves at the end of the season.
The draw for the last eight of the competition takes on March 15. (BBC)
