Neymar does the trick as PSG run riot

Paris Saint-germain’s attacking might overwhelmed Red Star Belgrade 6-1 in the Champions League, with Neymar netting a hat-trick that included two brilliant free-kicks.

Neymar opened the scoring with his first free-kick after 20 minutes, perfectly flighting the ball into the left corner.

Two minutes later, he added his second goal. Swapping passes with Kylian Mbappe, he sprinted into the area to meet the teenager’s cross from the right with a finish into the roof of the net.

Edinson Cavani beat two players before scoring with a deflected shot in the 37th minute, and Angel Di Maria astutely guided in the fourth before the break.

Neymar created the fifth in style, cleverly flicking a ball over the defence. Leftback Juan Bernat read the pass and cut the ball back to give Mbappe an easy tap-in.

Red Star midfielder Marko Marin pulled a goal back when he rifled a shot home in the 74th minute before Neymar curled an even better free-kick into the top-right corner.

Weston Mckennie’s late header gave Schalke a 1-0 win over Lokomotiv Moscow.

Neither team had much cutting edge as chances were missed on a wet night in Moscow, but Mckennie made the difference in the 88th minute when the 20-year-old US midfielder leapt unmarked at the far post to head in Yevhen Konoplyanka’s corner.