NEYMAR took a whack to the face, played on with cotton tissue in his bloodied mouth, and grabbed a double as Paris Saint-Germain won at Nice 3-0 in the French Ligue 1.
The Brazil forward was caught by Wylan Cyprien’s flailing arm as they contested the ball near the hour mark of an otherwise one-sided contest.
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Paris Saint-Germain kept their position at the top of Ligue 1.Source: AFP
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Cyprien was sent off for a second yellow card while Neymar played on with a makeshift plaster device protruding from his mouth.
Neymar had already done damage of his own to Nice, expertly curling PSG in front midway through the first half from the edge of the penalty area.
France star Kylian Mbappe returned from a three-game ban but it was midfielder Christopher Nkunku who doubled PSG’s lead.
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Neymar sealed the result in the second minute of stoppage time as Mbappe set him up for an easy tap-in.
It was his seventh goal of the campaign and has him one clear of Marseille winger Florian Thauvin at the top of the scoring chart.
League leaders PSG have won eight straight games to start the campaign, the first French top-flight side to do that since Lille in 1936.
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