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Mbappe double helps PSG to thrilling win at holders Bayern

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Bayern Munich's Kingsley Coman in action with Paris St Germain's Colin Dagba. [REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach]

Paris St Germain forward Kylian Mbappe scored twice to steer the visitors to a 3-2 victory over holders Bayern Munich in a topsy-turvy Champions League quarter-final first leg on Wednesday.

On a snowy evening in the Bavarian capital, Mbappe fired in his eighth goal of the competition in the 68th minute after Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting in the 37th and Thomas Mueller on the hour had cancelled out a two-goal PSG lead.

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