The Lionel Messi-Neymar link-up is still active as they once again had enough on their own to break through Lyon’s defence. It was thanks to this pair that PSG returned to the top of Ligue 1, where they will certainly be until September 30, when the league competitions will start again after the international break.
Messi took out half of the Lyon team with a pass to Neymar, after which Neymar continued towards Anthony Lopes’ goal, then passed back to the Argentinian magician, who cleared the ball against the post from the first.
In the fifth minute, PSG took the lead, which they maintained until the end and returned to the top of Ligue 1 ahead of Marseille, who only drew with Rennes on Saturday. Together with Lens, both teams remain the only undefeated teams in the current season.
It’s Lyon’s third league defeat in a row, having fallen to both Monaco and now PSG after losing to Lorient. The fourth most valuable squad of the current year of Ligue 1 thus loses 9 points to the first place.
However, the team of coach Peter Bosz performs very well, which is also confirmed by the statistics. Lyon has the highest percentage of ball possession – 58.4% and sends 16 shots at the opponent’s goal per match. According to the table of expected points, Olympique would even be second behind PSG.
It can thus be expected that Lyon’s results will soon improve and it will climb up the table. For Lyon, as for several other teams, the international break comes in very handy.
In the next league round, they will face Lens, one of the three undefeated teams in this year’s Ligue 1. Will Lyon be able to bounce back or will they deepen their crisis?
However, those who will leave for the reprieve break in great comfort are Messi and Neymar, PSG’s two best players. The Argentine has already scored 4 goals and assisted another 7, the Brazilian who is five years younger even has 8 goals and 7 assists to his credit. Just like that, but two yellow cards.
The Parisians will welcome Nice in the next round, which is currently in 13th place with 8 points. Relatively low compared to the 5th place from last season. But we still only have 8 league rounds to go.
Source: Ligue 1, Whoscored
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