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FAB FINISH FOR FOURTH GOLDEN BOOT

Kylian Mbappé has a penchant for delivering big goals whenever the moment requires one (or more!), and that was certainly the case as he took the field for the final match of the 2021–2022 Ligue 1 season. Clinging to a one-goal lead over Monaco’s Wissam Ben Yedder for top scorer in Ligue 1 and uninterested in relinquishing his grip on the scoring title that he had claimed the previous three seasons, Mbappé went out and produced a hat trick in a 5–0 win over Metz to hold off Yedder (who scored once in his final match). The performance capped off a season-long scoring spree in which the dynamic forward struck 28 times in 35 matches on his way to claiming the Golden Boot award for a fourth consecutive season. Mbappé also had a league-best 17 assists. Mbappé and Ben Yedder were joint winners of the Golden Boot in the 2019–2020 season when they each scored 18 goals.

Kylian Mbappé scored a hat trick against Metz in 2022 on the way to winning his fourth straight Golden Boot.

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World Class Footballers: Kylian Mbappé