European roundup: Neymar penalty rescues PSG in home draw with Monaco
Paris Saint-Germain dropped their first points of the Ligue 1 season as Neymar’s penalty earned a draw at home to Monaco on Sunday.
Kevin Volland fired the visitors ahead in the 20th minute, collecting Aleksandr Golovin’s pass and finishing beyond Gianluigi Donnarumma. Lionel Messi saw his shot from 20 yards hit a post, with Kylian Mbappé also hitting the woodwork from close range on the rebound.
Neymar, who was booked early on and could have been sent off for another foul in the first half, drew a superb save from Alexander Nübel on the hour. Monaco held on until 20 minutes from time, when Neymar was brought down by Guillermo Maripán in the area after a slaloming run between defenders.
The penalty was awarded after a VAR review and the Brazilian converted it, rolling the ball beyond Nübel’s dive and into the bottom corner. Christophe Galtier’s side pushed hard for a winner, with Achraf Hakimi hitting a post and Mbappé denied by Nübel.
PSG stay top but Marseille are level with the champions on 10 points after Alexis Sánchez scored twice in their 3-0 win at Nice. Lyon lost their 100% record after a 1-1 draw at Reims, with Moussa Dembélé earning the visitors a point with his 86th-minute equaliser.
Montpellier ended a two-game losing streak in style by thumping Brest 7-0, with Faitout Maouassa, Sepe Elye Wahi and Wahbi Khazri scoring inside 11 minutes. Wahi got his second and Nicolas Cozza was also on target in the first half, before Pierre Lees-Melou was sent off for the hosts and Valère Germain added two more.
Lorient moved up to fifth as they edged Clermont 2-1 with two firsthalf goals from Terem Moffi, including an early penalty. Troyes beat 10-man
Angers 3-1 to climb off the bottom, while Nantes fought back from a goal down to beat Toulouse by the same score.
Eintracht Frankfurt breathed life into their Bundesliga campaign with a thrilling 4-3 victory at promoted Werder Bremen. Mario Götze scored his first goal for Eintracht to put the visitors in front after just two minutes following some fine work by Randal Kolo Muani.
Werder levelled 12 minutes later as Anthony Jung fired a shot past Kevin Trapp, before Leonardo Bittencourt headed in from a free kick to make it 2-1. Daichi Kamada saw his effort ruled out for offside before Kolo Muani dribbled past two Werder defenders and beat Jiri Pavlenka to get Eintracht back on terms.
Jesper Lindstrøm restored Frankfurt’s lead near the end of a breathless first half with a chipped finish. Djibril Sow made it four after the break before Niclas Füllkrug’s 90th-minute penalty led to a nervous finish – but Eintracht held on to end Werder’s unbeaten start.
Cologne were held to a goalless draw by 10-man Stuttgart, who earned a point despite Luca Pfeiffer being shown a straight red early in the second half. Pfeiffer was dimissed on his first start for the club after a reckless challenge on Timo Hubers, and the VfB coach, Pellegrino Matarazzo, was later ordered from the dugout for dissent.
Napoli stay top of Serie A but were held to a 0-0 draw at Fiorentina in Sunday’s big game. Giacomo Bonaventura fired wide for the hosts after Alex Meret had parried Riccardo Sottil’s long-range effort, before Victor Osimhen’s opener for Napoli was ruled out for offside.
Giacomo Raspadori, signed from Sassuolo this month, came closest to a breakthrough in the second half. The forward was twice denied by Pierluigi Gollini in the final 15 minutes, the keeper saving a powerful effort from inside the box and then a long-range strike.
Luciano Spalletti’s side are one of six teams on seven points, with Atalanta among that group after they earned a 1-0 win at Verona. The hosts dominated the first half, but a leftfooted finish from Teun Koopmeiners in the 50th minute turned the match in Atalanta’s favour.
Elsewhere, Boulaye Dia scored one and set up two more as Salernitana thrashed Sampdoria 4-0 to get their first win of the season, while Gabriel Strefezza’s equaliser earned a point for Lecce in their 1-1 home draw with Empoli.