Neymar Sees Red As PSG Edge Bordeaux In Ligue 1 Thriller

Edinson Cavani scored his 200th Paris Saint-Germain goal and Marquinhos netted twice as the Ligue 1 leaders bounced back from their Champions League defeat by Borussia Dortmund to beat Bordeaux 4-3 on Sunday, but their victory was marred by Neymar’s late sending-off.
After losing 2-1 in Germany in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie in midweek, PSG’s defensive weaknesses were again exposed as South Korean international Hwang Ui-jo gave Bordeaux the lead at the Parc des Princes.
PSG turned it around thanks to goals by Cavani and Kylian Mbappe either side of a Marquinhos brace, but at the other end there was a bizarre goal credited to the Brazilian defender Pablo and a Ruben Pardo strike had the home side hanging on at the finish.
A richly entertaining encounter then concluded with Neymar being sent off in stoppage time for a second yellow card for grappling with Bordeaux’s Yacine Adli, leaving the world’s most expensive player facing a suspension.
It is another unwanted problem for coach Thomas Tuchel, who are now 13 points clear at the top of Ligue 1 from Marseille after Andre Villas-Boas’s side were beaten 3-1 by Nantes on Saturday.
Another domestic title has looked inevitable for sometime, although it will surely all feel rather hollow should the Qatar-owned club fail to turn around the Dortmund tie when the sides meet again in the second leg on March 11.
Tuchel has come in for criticism after Tuesday’s game, including from Neymar over the handling of his latest injury.
Meanwhile, ahead of the Bordeaux match, Tuchel admitted he was less than impressed at his squad after videos appeared on social media of them out partying to celebrate the birthdays of Cavani, Angel di Maria and Mauro Icardi.
A banner at one end of the Parc des Princes on Sunday night asked the players if they “deserved to wear the colours. Find out on March 11”.
Earlier on Sunday, Rennes reclaimed third place from Lille by coming from behind to beat Nimes 2-1 in Brittany as M’Baye Niang scored a brace. Lille had beaten bottom club Toulouse 3-0 on Saturday.