Kylian Mbappe scores twice as Paris Saint-Germain earn last-gasp win against St Etienne

Champions League semi-finalists stay on course for fourth successive Ligue 1 title after Icardi's injury-time goal seals 3-2 victory

Paris Saint-Germain's Kylian Mbappe celebrates with Mauro Icardi after scoring a penalty in his team's 3-2 Ligue 1 victory over Saint Etienne at the Parc des Princes stadium on Sunday, April 18. EPA

PSG attacker Kylian Mbappe is fouled by Saint-Etienne goalkeeper Etienne Green to earn a penalty. AFP

PSG's Kylian Mbappe scores his team's second goal from the penalty spot. AP

PSG forward Mauro Icardi heads home the injury-time winner. AFP

Paris Saint-Germain's Kylian Mbappe and Mauro Icardi celebrate a goal. AFP

Injured Brazilian forward Neymar celebrates after Mauro Icardi's winner. AFP

Paris Saint-Germain's Argentinian forward Mauro Icardi celebrates the winner with teammates. AFP

Kylian Mbappe scores PSG's second goal from the penalty spot. Reuters

Mauro Icardi celebrates his winner. AFP

Saint Etienne manager Claude Puel, right, and his PSG counterpart Mauricio Pochettino. Reuters

Saint-Etienne's Romain Hamouma is mobbed by teammates after scoring his team's second goal. AP

Paris Saint-Germain stayed in the hunt for a fourth successive Ligue 1 title after Mauro Icardi scored in the dying seconds of stoppage time to secure a dramatic 3-2 home win over St Etienne on Sunday.

Icardi headed home a cross from fellow substitute Angel Di Maria to cap a frantic climax after the visitors took a 78th-minute lead and then levelled in the first minute of added time after Kylian Mbappe had turned the game PSG's way.

The result left PSG second in the standings on 69 points from 33 games, one behind leaders Lille who were held to a 1-1 draw by eighth-placed Montpellier on Friday.

PSG manager Mauricio Pochettino was without several key players.

Brazilian attacker Neymar and central midfielders Leandro Paredes and Idrissa Gueye were suspended. Central defender Marquinhos is recovering from an adductor injury and goalkeeper Keylor Navas was resting a sore shoulder.

Looking weary from Tuesday's 1-0 home defeat by Bayern Munich which sent them through to the Champions League semi-finals on away goals, PSG struggled and missed chances against a packed St Etienne defence.

Mbappe was off target three times and Pablo Sarabia hit the post with a free- kick before the visitors punished the home side's profligacy as Denis Bouanga superbly steered in a Miguel Trauco cross from the left in the 77th minute.

Mbappe equalised 30 seconds later with a deft finish from close range after controlling a lofted Ander Herrera pass and the France forward fired PSG ahead with an 87th-minute penalty after he was brought down by goalkeeper Etienne Green.

The home side's joy was short-lived, however, as Romain Hamouma levelled with a tap-in from two metres after PSG keeper Sergio Rico failed to deal with Bouanga's shot from the edge of the penalty area.

It looked like it was not going to be PSG's day when Di Maria rattled the post with an inswinging corner but the Argentine curled in a cross from the right moments later for Icardi to head home.

Third-placed AS Monaco, who are five points behind Lille, visit 16th-placed Girondins Bordeaux while Olympique Lyonnais, a further point adrift in fourth, take on second-bottom Nantes away later on Sunday.