Iran Press/ Europe: The Brazilian opened the scoring on the stroke of halftime as he steered Kylian Mbappe’s low cross home after PSG capitalized on a sloppy passage of play.
Marseille’s Pau Lopez enjoyed an epic start to the game and looked unbeatable after making three brilliant saves in the opening five minutes.
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 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 halftime.
Marseille had denied another terrifying PSG counterattack before gifting the ball back to the hosts, who didn’t need to ask twice.
This time, Mbappe found Neymar with a cute squared ball, which the Brazilian finished neatly to put the Paris outfit in front.
Marseille was 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.
Despite having a one-man advantage, PSG couldn’t add to their lead and was happy to see the game out.
The win extends their lead at the top of Ligue 1 to three points as they continue their unbeaten start to the campaign.
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