Saint-Etienne: Paris Saint-Germain’s (PSG) recent star Neymar was stretchered off with an horrific ankle injury during his side’s Ligue 1 game against Saint-Etienne on Sunday(November 28).
Though the Parisians ended up sealing a 3-1 win with Lionel Messi bagging a hat-trick of assists, Neymar’s injury clearly paled the gloss of the result. The incident happened in the last few minutes of the game when the Brazilian trickster while trying evade an sliding challenge from home side’s defender Yvann Maçon saw his ankle twist beneath the legs of the Saint-Etienne player.
The forward was plainly in pain and was carried out on the stretchers in sobs.
The possible extent of the injury is not yet known with no official statement from the French club till now.
Meanwhile PSG went down in the first half of the game Denis Bouanga hand Saint-Etienne a surprise lead beating the offside trap to slot past goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma. PSG players left waiting for a flag which never came, with a VAR review confirming the goal.
The Parisians then equalised through Marquinhos’ towering header from a floated delivery by Lionel Messi from a free-kick.
The duo again was in action putting the icing on the cake as Messi set-up the Brazilian for his third assist of the day with the other one coming earlier than that in 79 when he assisted his compatriot Angel Di Maria ensuring the side earn full points from the away game on a snowy afternoon.
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