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Neymar scored a hat-trick when Paris St Germain topped Group H of the Champions League with a 5-1 home win over Istanbul Basaksehir on Wednesday, a day after the game was suspended amid an alleged racist incident.
The PSG and Basaksehir players, as well as the three field referees, knelt before kick-off a day after both teams left in protest after the Turkish side accused the assistant referee of using a racist word against their coach. assistant Pierre Webo. .
Neymar scored three times and Kylian Mbappé scored his first goals in the competition in a year as PSG, who had already qualified for the round of 16, advanced from the group stage with 12 points, ahead of RB Leipzig thanks to their best face to face. head record against the German side.
Webo, who had been sent off, had his red card suspended pending a UEFA investigation into the incident and the Cameroonian sat on the bench with the rest of the team’s staff.
Neymar opened the scoring in the 25th minute with a splendid curly shot from outside the area that went to the squad.
A strong counterattack led Mbappé to play through Neymar, who doubled the French champion’s lead with a cross shot at 38.
Mbappé made it 3-0 three minutes before the break with a penalty awarded after goalkeeper Mert Gunok knocked down Neymar. Mitchel Bakker followed up and intervened but was called offside following a VAR review and referee Danny Makkelie awarded PSG the penalty.
Mbappé, 21, became the youngest player to score 20 goals in the Champions League. Neymar, who has scored six goals in five competitive appearances this season, added the fourth within five minutes of the second half with a powerful shot from inside the court. zone.
Basaksehir, who had drawn two and lost three of his last five competitive matches, had little to offer but cut his delays at 57 thanks to a powerful volley from Mehmet Topal.
But PSG restored their four-goal lead when Mbappé, who had not scored in his previous nine Champions League appearances, took advantage of a pass from Angel Di Maria in the 62nd minute.
Two first-half goals from Karim Benzema helped Real Madrid beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-0 and the 13-time winners of the competition finished atop Group B.
Monchengladbach is classified as runner-up after Inter Milan and Shakhtar Donetsk contested a goalless draw at San Siro.
Atlético de Madrid finished after a 2-0 win at Red Bull Salzburg. Goals from Mario Hermoso and Yannick Carrasco saw the Spanish team finish second in Group A behind reigning champions Bayern Munich, who completed their group campaign with a 2-0 win at home to Lokomotiv Moscow.
Second-half goals from Niklas Sule and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting extended Bayern’s unbeaten streak in the competition to 17 matches.
Liverpool sealed the top spot in Group D with a 1-1 draw against Midtjylland when Mohamed Salah eclipsed Steven Gerrard as the Reds’ top scorer in the Champions League.
The Egyptian international scored after just 55 seconds, but Alexander Scholz’s VAR penalty in the 62nd minute denied Jurgen Klopp’s victory.
Atalanta finished second in the group after a late goal by Luis Muriel gave the Serie A team a 1-0 win over Ajax, which had Ryan Gravenberch sent off shortly before the goal.
Second-half goals from Ferran Torres, Sergio Agüero and Raheem Sterling saw Group C champions Manchester City end with a 2-0 win at home against Marseille.
Porto follow Pep Guardiola’s team after their 2-0 victory at Olympiacos: Monteiro Otavio and Mateus Uribe scored the goals for the Portuguese. The hosts caused Rubén Semedo to be sent off late.
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