Neymar hat-trick guides Brazil past 10-man Peru
Montevideo, Uruguay - Neymar scored a hat-trick to become the second highest scorer in Brazil's history as the Copa America champions won 4-2 away to ten-man Peru in a World Cup qualifier on Tuesday.
The goals took Neymar to 64 international strikes, two more than Ronaldo but still well behind Pele's record of 77.
Elsewhere, Joaquin Correa scored the winner 11 minutes from time as Argentina laboured to a 2-1 victory over Bolivia to maintain their 100 per cent record after two matches.
Peru twice took the lead through Andre Carrillo and a heavily deflected strike from Renato Tapia, but two controversial Neymar penalties, an injury time third and a close range strike from Richarlison maintained the Selecao's winning start to qualifying for Qatar 2022.
Lionel Scaloni's Argentina earned a second narrow victory in a row following Thursday's 1-0 win over Ecuador. Marcelo Moreno Martins had given hosts Bolivia a deserved lead but Argentina scored a fortuitous equaliser through Lautaro Martinez. Lionel Messi and Martinez then combined to tee up Correa to thrash home the winner.
Ecuador totally dominated Uruguay in a 4-2 victory in Quito. Radamel Falcao scored an injury time equaliser as Colombia salvaged a point in a 2-2 draw in Chile. Gaston Gimenez scored a late winner before goalkeeper Anthony Silva saved a penalty from Yangel Herrera as Paraguay won 1-0 in Venezuela.