Neymar gets PSG back on track

a deeper than usual playmaker role, Brazil’s Neymar pulled the strings as Paris St-Germain rallied to beat Rennes 3-1 in Ligue 1 on Sunday, helping to dispel midweek memories of a European flop at Liverpool.

Hosts Rennes took a surprise 11th minute lead when PSG midfielder Adrien Rabiot nodded past his own ‘keeper, Gianluigi Buffon, from a corner before goals from Angel Di Maria, Thomas Meunier and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting gave them a hard-fought sixth straight Ligue 1 win. Neymar gave the thumbs-up to 45-year-old Tuchel. (AFP)