Watch: Neymar’s ugly combat in tunnel with Lille defender after purple card

Neymar was despatched off late after which tried to confront a participant after the sport as defending champion Paris Saint-Germain misplaced 1-0 at house to Lille on Saturday, falling three factors behind the brand new French league chief in a tense title race.
PSG is just one level forward of Monaco, which earlier beat Metz 4-0 to take third place. Lyon is fourth after drawing 1-1 at Lens.

RED CARD FOR NEYMAR! 🔴
PSG have misplaced their heads 😱 pic.twitter.com/OE4lf4d2r3
— Goal (@purpose) April 3, 2021
Neymar was proven a second yellow card within the ninetieth minute for kicking proper again Tiago Djalo off the ball, having been booked within the first half for shoving midfielder Benjamin Andre within the face. Djalo was additionally despatched off and remonstrated angrily with the referee.
As each gamers argued as they walked again to the locker rooms, footage from broadcaster Canal Plus captured Neymar pushing Djalo on the shoulder after which making an attempt to get previous some safety officers to confront him.
An offended Djalo additionally reacted, making an attempt to succeed in Neymar, inflicting one safety official to fall over, whereas one other intervened swiftly to dam Neymar and lead him away.

Neymar and Djalo have a combat within the tunnel throughout the PSG & Lille soccer match pic.twitter.com/Xptluo6BzP
— Everything Sports (@FullSports0) April 3, 2021
Canada ahead Jonathan David scored Lille’s purpose within the twentieth minute with a barely deflected strike, as PSG slipped to a fifth house defeat and eighth general, with a tricky journey to Bayern Munich on Wednesday within the Champions League.
“Each time we lose we say the same thing, that we lacked commitment. We shouldn’t find any excuses,” PSG captain Marquinhos stated. “We need to be stronger than that at home. A lot of teams have come here and won, which we’re not used to. We’re at an important point of the season and must improve.”
PSG has been poor in opposition to the opposite sides within the high 4, twice dropping to Monaco, dropping as soon as to Lyon and drawing its different sport in opposition to Lille 0-0.
“We need more consistency because there have been too many ups-and-downs,” Marquinhos stated. “Our next match is one of the biggest.”
Frustration acquired to Neymar, who now faces one other suspension after getting red-carded in opposition to Marseille firstly of the marketing campaign. Shortly after shoving Andre within the face, he fell to the bottom in a failed bid to win a penalty.
Lille goalkeeper Mike Maignan, who got here by way of PSG’s youth ranks earlier than leaving, stored out Neymar’s shot on the hour mark and was relieved to see Neymar’s diving header go vast within the seventieth.
Starting his first sport for 2 months after recovering from a torn adductor muscle, Neymar was wasteful, volleying a cross vast from an excellent place and squandering two free kicks.
After Maignan acquired a hand to Kylian Mbappe’s low shot within the fifteenth, Lille caught PSG chilly 5 minutes in a while a traditional counterattack.
Jonathan Ikone discovered house down the appropriate and pulled the ball again to David, whose shot from simply contained in the penalty space looped over goalkeeper Keylor Navas.
Andre and Boubakary Soumare, one other promising participant launched by PSG, managed midfield with relative ease within the absence of PSG’s Marco Verratti.
With PSG camped in Lille’s half, a counterattack was ready to occur.
It arrived within the 78th as Timothy Weah squared the ball from the appropriate to Turkey striker Burak Yilmaz, however Navas learn his first-time shot effectively.
COVID CONCERNS
Verratti, already dominated out with a thigh damage, examined constructive for the coronavirus for the third time. He will miss the primary leg in opposition to Bayern.
Two hours earlier than going through Lille, proper again Alessandro Florenzi was faraway from PSG’s squad as a precaution, despite the fact that he examined unfavourable, the membership stated. He was on worldwide responsibility for Italy just lately with Verratti.
Lille was with out attacking midfielder Yusuf Yazici, who has the virus.
LYON RALLIES
Lyon midfielder Lucas Paqueta equalized within the 81st after Lens proper again Jonathan Clauss struck halfway by way of the second half.
Lyon ahead Karl Toko Ekambi noticed his shot saved by goalkeeper Jean-Louis Leca within the fifty fifth after going by way of on purpose. Leca blocked Tino Kadewere’s effort within the 63rd and Memphis Depay’s low strike moments later.
TOUGH TO BEAT
Monaco, which has now misplaced solely as soon as in 16 league video games, struck a double blow early within the second half.
Former Spain midfielder Cesc Fabregas scored a penalty within the forty ninth minute after ahead Stevan Jovetic was fouled, and striker Kevin Volland completed confidently two minutes later from Belgian midfielder Eliot Matazo’s go.
Striker Wissam Ben Yedder was surprisingly left on the bench however got here on to notch a superb third when he lower inside a defender and thumped the ball underneath the crossbar within the 76th.
Ben Yedder was fouled by central defender John Boye and took the penalty to make it 4-0 within the 88th and transfer onto 15 league objectives, another than Volland.