Mbappé: I knew Messi would keeping scoring goals

Kylian Mbappé is hot on the heels of the player he calls "the best," Lionel Messi , to become the top scorer in men's World Cup history.

Messi, 38, scored a hat trick against Algeria in Argentina 's opener, a 3-0 win, to equal Miroslav Klose's record of 16 World Cup goals .

Mbappé, a former teammate of Messi at Paris Saint-Germain , has 14 goals after scoring twice for France in a 3-1 win over Senegal .

"I already knew Messi was going to keep scoring goals," Mbappé, 27, said . "He always does. He's ahead of me and I'm behind him. I'll keep scoring to help my national team go as far as possible."

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