Balogun scored a hat-trick in last Wednesday's 4-2 win over FC Lorient: one from the penalty spot, one with his right foot and one with his left, to move onto 14 goals for the season.

His first was a penalty converted straight down the middle, with Lorient 'keeper Vito Mannone - another former Gunner - guessing wrong.

Balogun bagged his second of the evening, reacting first to a loose ball to put Will Still's men in front.

He only had to wait three-more minutes to claim the match ball and it was the pick of the bunch: a superb volley on his weaker left foot.

Second-best Mbappé missed PSG's 2-1 win over Toulouse FC at the Parc des Princes with injury, with Lionel Messi and Achraf Hakimi getting the champions' goals.

Messi's finish was a fine one - teed up by Hakimi - and the Argentine breaks into the top 10 on 10 goals with another 10 assists for good measure.

Alexandre Lacazette pulled level with Mbappé on 13 league strikes, scoring the third and final goal as Olympique Lyonnais beat ESTAC Troyes, thumping the ball into the top corner for 3-1 at the death.

Elsewhere, Breel Embolo pulled alongside four other players on 12 goals as AS Monaco beat Clermont Foot 63 2-0, heading home Aleksandr Golovin's cross for the second of two goals.

Next up…

Round 23 kicks off next weekend with OGC Nice at home to AC Ajaccio. Gaëtan Laborde is the top scorer from that fixture with eight league goals this season.

Balogun will hope to be back among the goals when the Champagne club entertain Troyes on Sunday, but Mbappé will have to wait, with the UEFA Champions League clash with Bayern Munich his earliest potential return.