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Lionel Messi steals limelight from Sergio Ramos debut by bagging THREE assists for PSG in 3-1 win at St Etienne

SERGIO RAMOS finally made his Paris Saint-Germain debut – but saw his thunder stolen by an inspired Lionel Messi.

The former LaLiga sparring partners were both in action for the French giants in a 3-1 win at St Etienne.

GettySergio Ramos finally made his PSG debut in snowy conditions[/caption]

ReutersMessi was in match-winning form for PSG against St Etienne – grabbing three assists[/caption]

SplashRamos and Messi both arrived in Paris in the summer after forging their legendary reputations in Spain[/caption]

It was former Real Madrid skipper Ramos’ long-awaited first competitive outing for the club after a muscle injury sidelined him for the start of the season.

The Spain defender, 35, joined the Ligue 1 side in the summer on a free from Real, and weeks later Argentina legend Messi arrived from Barcelona as a free agent.

Both started in a star-studded PSG line-up at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard stadium and Ramos made a solid start – but it was Messi who stole the show by setting up all of their three goals.

The hosts had taken a 23rd-minute lead in snowy conditions with a goal from Denis Bouanga but they were up against it when they had Timothee Kolodziejczak sent off on the stroke of half-time for a trip on Kylian Mbappe.

Messi took control after that with a free-kick from that Kolodziejczak foul which was headed in by Marquinhos to make it 1-1.

They took the lead 11 minutes from time when Messi found Angel Di Maria and he curled a shot into the far corner.

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And they sealed the win in stoppage time when Messi crossed for Marquinhos to head in his second goal.

The victory extended PSG’s Ligue 1 lead to 14 points but it was marred by an injury to Neymar.

The Brazil superstar was carried off on a stretcher with an ankle injury after a tackle from Yvann Macon five minutes from time.

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