Neymar says PSG manager Thomas Tuchel was correct to drop Kylian Mbappe and Adrien Rabiot for 'failing to respect' team schedules after they arrived late for a meeting.
Mbappe and Rabiot arrived late for a team briefing ahead of the Ligue 1 clash with Marseille on Sunday, with Julian Draxler called in to replace the teenage forward.
However both Β£166million star Mbappe and midfielder Rabiot redeemed themselves after coming on as second half substitutes, both scoring in the final three minutes of a 2-0 victory.
Speaking to reporters after the game, Neymar said: 'This is between them and the coach. Yes, they have to respect the schedules, and they ended up failing in that part.
'They know, they are great players, important to our team, and we end up suffering because of it. But this is an inner thing. Then Kylian came in and ended up winning the game for us.'
Neymar and Mbappe have formed a fearsome attacking partnership for PSG, however that did not stop the Brazilian admonishing his team-mate nor Tuchel choosing to drop him.
The German manager admitted after the game that it was a tricky situation, but he had needed to set an example that not even the team's biggest stars were exempt from club discipline.
Tuchel said: 'I had to think hard. It is a disciplinary situation if a player arrives late for a meeting and is not punished.'
PSG's win means they have a perfect Ligue 1 record of 11 victories from 11 games, and are already eight points clear of second placed Lille.
kingmaestro
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Mbappe is a great player and he can achieve great things in his career, to do that he must be very disciplined. I don't know what made him to arrive late and I don't want to judge anyone, to say whether the coach was right or not to start him on the bench but I think this should serve as an example to him and that he should try hard next time to be on time. wish u all the best Mbappe
RealMd13
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We all know why πππππ
Duscekoruz
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NharnharQueku
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after he's taken your shine why won't you back the manager for dropping him
Towfiq10
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No one is powerful than club Neymar is right
alota-ae
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Listen to the most indiscipline player of PSG talking about discipline
odanerussell
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Jose is good at deciplinng players. he makes players take their careers serious.
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nope thats not true , the only thing mourihno good at is look down at his players and embarrassed them in press conference and he is also good at defensive play thats all i have to wonder how him win macthes with that type of football he instilled, just boring, hope and pray π