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Neymar scored his ninth goal in the French league this season to guide Paris Saint-Germain to a 1-0 win over bitter rival Marseille in French soccer's ...

Quickly reduced to 10 men against Clermont at home, Monaco broke the deadlock through a penalty converted by Breel Embolo at the half-hour mark but could not hold onto its lead. Elsewhere, Nantes moved out of the relegation zone with a 4-1 thrashing of last-place Brest and Toulouse beat Angers 3-2. PSG continued to push and was rewarded with a free kick on the edge of the box after Messi was brought down. The Brazil forward slotted the ball in off the post. The former Barcelona player took the free kick and fired onto the crossbar. Messi tested Lopez twice, before Achraf Hakimi lost his one-on-one with the Marseille goalkeeper.

PSG earned bragging rights after an end-to-end Le Classique as Neymar's first-half goal was enough to maintain the Parisians' unbeaten start.

- It's really awkward for Lopez who has to deal with an ricocheted Mbappe shot from the edge of the box, but does superbly well to tip the looped ball over the bar. 35’ - MESSI RATTLES THE BAR! He made three terrific saves in the opening exchanges, before making a heroic fourth to deny Mbappe in the first half.

Neymar Jr. got the only goal of the game as Paris Saint-Germain beat Olympique de Marseille 1-0 at the Parc des Princes to open up a three-point lead at the ...

Mbemba - a centre-back lest we forget - then sent an acrobatic attempt inches wide (54'). OM were giving as good as they got for much of the first half and after Messi had fired a shot straight into Lopez's gloves (29'), Nuno Tavares let fly at the other end, his right-footed attempt catching the Italy No.1 off-guard and forcing him to tip over (31'). Amine Harit then forced a similar save from Gigio Donnarumma soon after (22').