Leo Messi could've scored his 56th career hat-trick as Paris Saint-Germain were given a penalty kick against Montpellier on Saturday.
However, the Argentine preferred to leave it for Kylian Mbappe who is on the hunt to win the domestic Golden Shoe.
It paid off – Mbappe (25) is now one goal ahead of Monaco's Wissam Ben Yedder (24) with one matchday to go.
Fans are impressed!
"Messi could have taken the penalty to complete a hat-trick but gave it to Mbappe to win the Golden Boot. What a selfless goat, not that other fraud 😂"
"Messi sacrificed his hat-trick and left the penalty for Mbappe so that Mbappe can win Ligue 1 top scorer because Ben Yedder is closing in. You can't hate Messi even if you are a witchzard!"
"Wait, Mbappe didn't give the penalty to Messi when he was on his hatty 😭😭"
"Messi let Mbappe take the penalty to win the Golden Boot instead of completing his hat-trick. My GOAT."
"Messi doesn’t need penalties to shamelessly stat-pad and then go and post his CV on Insta."
Leo scored a brace against Montpellier, extending his overall PSG tally to 11 goals.
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