Neymar Bags Brace As PSG Hit Angers For Six
03 October, 2020
Ligue 1
Result: Paris Saint-Germain 6-1 Angers
Date: 02 October 2020
Venue: Stade de Parc Princes
Paris Saint-Germain jumped to second spot in Ligue 1 because of a 6-1 hammering against Angers, with Neymar bagging a brace on Friday evening.
Thomas Tuchel issued just a single change from PSG’s 2-0 win at Reims last Sunday, with Angel Di Maria’s suspension paving just how for Marco Verratti.
PSG raced to a seventh minute lead thanks to new signing Alessandro Florenzi, who collected a misplaced ball off Enzo Ebosse to volley into the top corner.
Stephane Bahoken should’ve brought the visiting side all square four minutes thereafter, but was regrettably not able to redirect Abdoulaye Bamba’s delivery on target.
Angers’ woes were compounded six minutes from the half-hour mark as Neymar Junior opened his take into account the campaign through a close-range finish after good work from Kylian Mbappe.
PSG would get yourself a third two minutes from the break after Neymar picked up a loose ball from a deflection off Traore to convert past Angers goalkeeper Paul Bernardoni.
The visitors pulled an objective back on 52 minutes thanks to Ismael Traore, who made good utilization of Pierrick Capelle’s cross for a thumping header.
Three minutes were all PSG had a need to restore their three-goal advantage as Julian Draxler’s first-time finish wrong-footed Bernardoni en-route to rattling the web after deflecting off Traore.
PSG looked to shore up the effect shortly towards fulltime, as a double substitution in Idrissa Gueye and Ander Herrera replaced Draxler and Leandro Paredes.
It paid dividends as Gueye found a loose pass from Neymar on 71 minutes to fire in off a deflection and vicious bounce from Bernardoni.
The Parisians put the icing on the cake within the last six minutes as Mbappe popped up at the heart of the area for a straightforward tap-in off Pablo Sarabia’s cross, helping his side to four league win in a row.
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za