Neymar scored a hat-trick as Paris Saint-Germain thrashed Red Star Belgrade 6-1 in their second Champions League match of the season.
2018/2019 UEFA Champions League
6-1
Match Events
20' GOAL! PSG 1-0 Red Star Belgrade (Neymar)
GOAL!! It is Neymar and it is a beauty! PSG lead 1-0! Red Star have worked so hard to keep the hosts in check, but the latest in a series of fouls proves costly. The world's most expensive player lifts a gorgeous free-kick into the left corner of the goal.
22' GOAL! PSG 2-0 Red Star Belgrade (Neymar)
GOAL!! There's number two! It's Neymar again! A lovely one-two with Mbappe sees the Brazil man stab a left-footed finish high into the net from close range. Red Star are shellshocked. PSG lead 2-0.
37' GOAL! PSG 3-0 Red Star Belgrade (Cavani)
GOAL!! Cavani gets the third and PSG are 3-0 up! The footwork in the build-up is glorious, wriggling away from two defenders in the area, and he deserves the good fortune of a deflection that wrongfoots the goalkeeper.
41' GOAL! PSG 4-0 Red Star Belgrade (Di Maria)
GOAL!! And there is number four! Di Maria! What a lovely, lovely goal. Di Maria ghosts in to flick Meunier's cross under the goalkeeper.
70' GOAL! PSG 5-0 Red Star Belgrade (Mbappe)
GOAL!! Mbappe has his goal! And PSG have a fifth - but this goal is all about Neymar. He creates a first opening for Di Maria, who is denied by Borjan, before wriggling free to free Bernat. A first-time cross is flicked on by Cavani for Mbappe to sidefoot into a gaping goal.
74' GOAL! PSG 5-1 Red Star Belgrade (Marin)
GOAL!! How about that? Red Star pull it back to 5-1! Ebecilio, just off the bench, feeds Marin for a fine drive, high past Areola.
81' GOAL! PSG 6-1 Red Star Belgrade (Neymar)
Match Report
Goalkeeper Milan Borjan thwarted Mbappe at his near post as PSG started strongly, but he could do nothing to stop Neymar's superbly flighted free-kick from nestling in the bottom-left corner 20 minutes in.
Mbappe turned provider for Neymar's second barely 90 seconds later, collecting the Brazilian's throughball before squaring a low pass that was prodded high into the net by PSG's number 10.
Red Star appeared resigned to their fate and any lingering hope of a comeback seemed to be extinguished after 37 minutes, when Cavani turned into space in the box and sent a deflected strike past Borjan.
Mbappe missed an excellent chance for a fourth but Di Maria made no mistake shortly before half-time, flicking home after escaping the whole of the Red Star defence to meet Thomas Meunier's cross.
Borjan made four good saves to deny Mbappe and Neymar early in the second half and keep the scoreline reasonably respectable, and Red Star at last managed to test Alphonse Areola through Marin and Milan Rodic.
Mbappe finally got on the scoresheet, tapping in from point-blank range after Juan Bernat's cross deflected into his path, before Neymar capped a spectacular display with a stunning second free-kick to seal his hat-trick after Marin had blasted home a sliver of consolation.
Line-ups
PSG XI: E. Cavani, Thiago Silva, Á. Di María, Verratti, T. Meunier, Neymar, A. Areola, Bernat, Rabiot, P. Kimpembe, K. Mbappé
Subs: Choupo-Moting, J. Draxler, Marquinhos, Kehrer, Sebastien Cibois, Stanley N'Soki, Moussa Diaby
Red Star Belgrade XI: Marko Marin, N. Krstičić, Vujadin Savic, M. Rodić, M. Borjan, E. Ben Nabouhane, G. Čaušić, M. Degenek, F. Stojković, V. Simić, B. Jovičić
Subs: L. Ebecilio, J.Cafu, M. Gobeljić, M. Pavkov, Z. Popović, D. Jovančić, Srdjan Babic