Neymar and Messi jeered by seething PSG fans in 3-0 home win

PARIS: Record-breakers Neymar and Lionel Messi felt the heat from Paris Saint-Germain’s angry fans following another Champions League humiliation, getting whistled every time they touched the ball during a 3-0 home win against Bordeaux on Sunday. Even when Neymar scored the second goal against rock-bottom Bordeaux the fans jeered him. Even when Messi embarked on a trademark run from deep and hit the post he got booed.

“I feel sad about what I saw today,” PSG coach Mauricio Pochettino said. “All of us were upset.” While the runaway leader moved 15 points clear in a league it usually dominates, the fans want success elsewhere. Yet PSG blew it again in the Champions League this week against Real Madrid.

“We have to accept responsibility for what happened,” Pochettino said “We share the disappointment of the fans.” PSG has already been knocked out of the French Cup and Pochettino is widely expected to be replaced next season. At which point Kylian Mbappe, who scored PSG’s first goal against Bordeaux midway through the first half, might be playing for Real Madrid. His contract runs out in June and he can leave on a free transfer.

PSG’s top scorer was the only player spared the whistles when the team names were read out. “Obviously we understand, we understand their hate and their screams,” PSG defender Presnel Kimpembe said. “We’re all to blame, not one more than the other.” But record seven-time Golden Ball winner Messi and Neymar — the world’s most expensive player at 222 million euros ($242 million) — were booed throughout.