PSGWith a six-point lead at the top of Ligue 1 and three wins from three in the Champions League, PSG are rolling along smoothly both at home and on the continent. Neymar and Mbappe both scored in a 4-0 rout of Anderlecht on Wednesday, along with Edinson Cavani, and the Brazilian is relishing the chance to mentor his 18-year-old teammate in Paris.
MarseilleMarseille are fourth in their first full season under Rudi Garcia but needed a late equaliser from Greece striker Kostas Mitroglou on his league debut to salvage a 3-3 draw at Strasbourg last Sunday. They trail PSG by eight points and must snap a 14-match winless run - 12 defeats and two draws - against the capital club if they are to narrow the gap this Sunday at the Velodrome. Marseille were thrashed 5-1 by PSG in their last meeting in February and Luiz Gustavo conceded it will take an outstanding performance to slow down the league leaders. "It's difficult to stop Neymar, " the Brazilian midfielder told RMC radio, ahead of what will also be his first appearance in Le Classique.
But his Uruguayan strike partner levelled one minute into stoppage time with a superb 20-metre free kick, one that the Brazilian most likely would have taken had he still been on the field. Neymar's earlier strike had cancelled out Luiz Gustavo's opener before halftime but Florian Thauvin had put the home side ahead again against the run of play in the second half. Cavani's ninth league goal of the season earned them the draw that puts PSG on 26 points from 10 matches. "It's an important goal because the game was almost finished but at least we salvaged a point, " said Cavani. In a boiling hot Velodrome, Marseille went ahead on 16 minutes when Gustavo beat Alphonse Areola with a 25-metre strike to give Marseille a deserved advantage after a solid start.
Tackles were flying in from the start, we were treated to a superb opener from Gustavo and then the game ended right at the death with a classy Cavani free kick, following a far from classy exit from Neymar. The 222-million-euro man had a bitter sweet night in front of a vociferous home support. It was he who fired home the equaliser to get his team back into the match but two yellows in the space of just a couple of minutes saw him head off for an early bath as the minutes ticked towards PSG's first defeat of the season.
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