Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 Marseille: Neymar strikes to give PSG victory as Samuel Gigot sees red for visitors

PSG earned bragging rights after an end-to-end Le Classique as Neymar’s first half goal was enough to maintain the Parisians unbeaten start. The Brazilian opened the scoring on the stroke of halftime as he steered Kylian Mbappe’s low cross home after PSG capitalised on a sloppy passage of play. Ad Marseille’s Pau Lopez enjoyed an epic start to the game and looked unbeatable after making three smart saves in the opening five minutes.

FootballNeymar on trial for corruption and fraud, could face five-year prison term13/10/2022 AT 21:11 Lionel Messi came inches away from breaking the deadlock as he saw his free-kick from the edge of the box rattle off the underside of the bar. PSG ignited wave after wave of attack and Mbappe came closest to finding the back of the net when his effort from outside of the box took a harsh deflection and took an incredible, acrobatic save from Lopez to keep the scores level. Lopez was eventually beaten when Neymar’s effort kissed the post before nestling into the back of the net, minutes before half time.

Marseille had denied another terrifying PSG counter attack before gifting the ball back to the hosts, who didn’t need asking twice. This time, Mbappe found Neymar with a cute squared ball, which the Brazilian finished neatly to put the Paris outfit in front. Marseille were reduced to ten men with less than 20 minutes to go in the second half, as Samuel Gigot lost his cool and was given a straight red card for a horrendous two-footed challenge on Neymar, who was lucky to walk away unscathed.