Neymar scored a Champions League hat-trick against Red Star Belgrade as PSG ran riot at home in a 6-1 win. The Brazilian started and finished the trio of goals with brilliant free kicks that gave the goalkeeper no chance.
Other than the diving around on the floor and rolling around to try and win free kicks and get opponents in trouble the biggest criticism of Neymar is that he is too inconsistent and can only really turn it on against French 'farmers.'
Tonight he scored a hat-trick in the Champions League but, to be honest, I'm not sure it'll end the criticism considering the way that Red Star played tonight but they did have a good run going into the game.
A couple of weeks ago in the same competition the former Barcelona forward came under a lot of criticism in the game against Liverpool as PSG lost in England.
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Against Red Star tonight he was back to his best as he scored a hat-trick that included two free kicks, including one where he was the man fouled in the build up:
The second free kick, which secured his hat-trick for the night, came literally seconds before he was subbed off and brought up couple of excellent stats for him:
It was an impressive night for Neymar, and PSG, but it's fair to say that it doesn't go any further to answering the critics and proving whether he can deliver Champions League success to the French captial.
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