Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho saluted Kylian Mbappe after the PSG striker scored a brilliant three goals against Barcelona.
PSG left their opponents in shock by winning 4-1 at Camp Nou, in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16.
The French side still had to recover after Lionel Messi gave Barça the advantage in taking a penalty.
Mbappe pulled his team back soon after, controlling in the area before going around a defender and hitting his shot off the post.
It was barely past the hour mark when he gave PSG the advantage by taking advantage of a lost ball in the corner, after Alessandro Florenzi’s blocked cross.
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Moise Kean practically sealed PSG’s victory by adding third in the 70th minute before Mbappe closed his hat-trick.
Barcelona were pushing for another goal to help their cause, but Julian Draxler stole the ball at the entrance to the PSG area and started the escape,
After a clever exchange with two of his teammates, Draxler took the ball in the opposite direction before sliding Mbappe to the left.
Mbappe still had a lot to do and had time to add a touch, but he did an impressive kick the first time around the top corner before leaving in celebration.
Man Utd star Rashford was more than impressed, writing on Twitter: “What a performance.”
Borussia Dortmund forward Sancho scored Mbappe in his post and simply put: “Big player!”
Sancho also included a frozen face emoji, probably in reference to the attacker’s cold finish.
It was a superb performance by the 22-year-old, who is already being heralded as the beginning of a new era.
BT Sport presenter and fervent Messi fan Gary Lineker tweeted: “A @ KMbappe hattrick. We may be witnessing the changing of the guard.”