Neymar scores brace, Kylian Mbappe on target in PSG victory

Paris Saint-Germain trounced Montpellier 5-2 in Ligue 1 on Saturday. Neymar rolled in a spot-kick to put PSG 2-0 up at the break on a hot night at the Parc des Princes after Falaye Sacko's own goal had put them ahead. The Brazilian then headed in his second and PSG's third shortly after the break, taking his tally for the season to five goals already after three games.

Wahbi Khazri pulled one back for Montpellier before Mbappe made it 4-1 and new signing Renato Sanches came off the bench to get the fifth late on. Enzo Tchato notched another consolation for the visitors at the death but PSG have now recorded three wins out of three this season under new coach Christophe Galtier, scoring 14 goals in the process. Neymar has picked up where he left off last season, when he scored nine in PSG's final nine Ligue 1 matches.

So often plagued by fitness issues since arriving in Paris in 2017, he finally looks in rude health. Meanwhile Mbappe was playing his first competitive game since announcing on the final night of last season that he had agreed a new three-year deal to stay at PSG, turning down a move to Real Madrid in the process. The France superstar missed his club's first two games of the new campaign -- a 4-0 defeat of Nantes in the season-opening Champions Trophy, and then the 5-0 win at Clermont -- due first to suspension and then injury.

He returned for this match but had a penalty saved midway through the first half by Montpellier goalkeeper Jonas Omlin after the VAR spotted a handball in the area. Omlin also saved superbly from a Lionel Messi free-kick before PSG went ahead when Mbappe's shot was diverted into his own net by Sacko. The Malian defender was then penalised for another handball in the area, allowing