A super star may have imagined Wednesday evening very differently – while another continues where he last left off.
Neymar (30) sees the yellow-red card for a swallow in Paris’ happy 2-1 win once morest Racing Strasbourg. And Erling Haaland (22) shoots Manchester City’s brace to a 3-1 win over Leeds United.
Embarrassing performance by super star Neymar (30)!
In the late 2-1 win of Paris St.-Germain once morest Strasbourg in the French Ligue 1, the Brazilian flies 19 days following the Seleção World Cup and the shattered dream of the sixth title because of a cheap swallow with yellow-red from the field!
62 minutes: Neymar runs past Alex Reed defender Djiku in the penalty area. Then he goes theatrically to the ground, wants to get a penalty for his team.
Here Neymar tried in vain to flay a penalty
But referee Turpin does not fall for Neymar’s attempt at deception. He doesn’t hesitate for a second and shows the PSG professional a yellow card for a swallow.
Since Neymar had already been warned for a foul just under 60 (!) seconds earlier, he was consequently sent off with a yellow card.
It is the ninth dismissal of his career (three times red, six times yellow-red) and already the fifth in the PSG jersey (since summer 2017).
Sporty things are not going well for Paris following the World Cup break. The league leaders take the lead through Marquinhos (14th). But following the break, the Brazilian scored once more – albeit into his own goal to equalize (51′).
It looks like the points will be shared for a long time, but in the sixth minute of injury time Kylian Mbappé (24) shoots PSG with a controversial penalty to win 2-1.
It was a very bitter evening for Neymar though…
Did you know this rare rule? Foul in the off – penalty!
In the meantime, things were going much better for Manchester City and Haaland, even if it didn’t work out at the beginning: Coach Pep Guardiola’s team (51) missed eight big chances. Haaland was also involved in the Verballer show, who failed twice at Leeds goalkeeper Meslier. In the first minute of injury time in the first half, Rodri finally broke the spell and swept away a Mahrez shot to make it 1-0.
Haaland got going in the second half: After national player Robin Koch was inattentive, City quickly switched, Haaland only had to push in to make it 2-0 (51st). With a direct shot, Haaland made it 3-0 and thus made the preliminary decision (64th). Struijk reduced the lead to 3-1 for Leeds (73′), but that was no longer significant.
Kevin de Bruyne (left) cheers with Erling Haaland (right) over his goal to make it 2-0
Haaland missed his third goal (77th), but clearly leads the scorer list with his 20 goals (in 14 appearances). City cut the Premier League gap to Arsenal to five points with the win.
