Belfast Telegraph

Intermaint­ain perfect start while Neymar hits hat-trick

- BY MARK MANN-BRYANS

INTER Milan maintained their perfect start in Champions League Group B with a 2-1 victory at PSV Eindhoven.

Pablo Rosario got the Dutch side up and running, but Radja Nainggolan levelled for Inter with a 20-yard strike just before the break.

Mauro Icardi then put the Nerazzurri in front on the hour mark after rounding keeper Jeroen Zoet and slotting into the empty net.

Earlier, Neymar had turned on the style as Paris St Germain got their campaign back on track with a 6-1 victory over Red Star Belgrade at Parc des Princes.

The Brazil forward scored a hat-trick, two of them freekicks, as the Ligue 1 champions bounced back from their 3-2 defeat at Liverpool in their opening Group C fixture.

Edinson Cavani, Angel di Maria and World Cup winner Kylian Mbappe also scored for Thomas Tuchel’s side, while the Serbian outfit grabbed a late second-half consolatio­n through Marko Marin.

Atletico Madrid and Borussia Dortmund both maintained their 100% record in Group A with home victories against Belgium’s Club Brugge and Monaco respective­ly.

Antoine Griezmann put Atletico ahead after 28 minutes before a stunning strike from Arnaut Danjuma brought Club Brugge level 11 minutes later.

Griezmann’s second of the night after 67 minutes restored Madrid’s advantage before Koke rounded off a 3-1 win for Diego Simeone’s side.

At the Westfalens­tadion, substitute Jacob Bruun Larsen, Paco Alcacer — who had earlier missed a penalty — and Marco Reus wrapped up Dortmund’s comfortabl­e 3-0 victory over Monaco.

• ENGLAND manager Gareth Southgate has verbally agreed a new contract with the FA until 2022.

The national team manager led England to the semi-finals of this year’s World Cup after taking over in 2016.

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