Twitter reacts as Neymar penalty salvages 1-1 draw for PSG against Monaco
Neymar Jr's second-half penalty rescued a late draw for Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) against AS Monaco in Ligue 1 on Sunday (August 28). The Parisian giants dropped points for the first time this season as their 100% start to the new campaign came to an end.
Christophe Galtier's side went a goal behind as Monaco took the lead through Kevin Volland after 20 minutes. Volland received an inch-perfect through ball from Aleksandr Golovin as he shrugged off Presnel Kimpembe to score past goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.
PSG had a great chance to level the proceedings right before half-time. Lionel Messi's shot from outside the box rattled the post. The ball was deflected kindly into the path of Kylian Mbappe. However, the Frenchman too struck the post from a close angle.
Neymar, however, was once against instrumental in attack. The Brazilian forward won a penalty in the second half which he duly converted moments later to equalize for the Ligue 1 champions.
There has been a lot of controversy over the penalty-taker position at PSG between Kylian Mbappe and Neymar. However, the Brazilian forward netted from the spot and even shared a celebratory moment with the Frenchman.
It is, however, worth mentioning that with PSG chasing a winner, manager Christophe Galtier decided to take off Lionel Messi with three minutes to go. The Parisian giants failed to find a winner as the game ended 1-1.
With PSG dropping points for the first time this season, football fans had plenty of reactions on Twitter. Here are a few tweets from the game:
@neymarjr 70'
โน FT at the Parc.
A draw against @AS_Monaco_EN in @Ligue1_ENG
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I repeat, there isnโt a better penalty taker than Neymar. His confidence, skill and technique from 12 yards is just magical.
Neymar has OFFICIALLY matched Messiโs 21/22 Ligue 1 tally in just 4 matches this season!
Neymar has been on fire so far in Ligue 1 ๐ฅ https://t.co/YhakWI9BLt
Neymar is playing like he should win Ballon Dโor this season
Monaco defenders against Messi and Mbappe today. https://t.co/xluyElPUnW
Monaco cette saison // Monaco ce soir #PSGASM https://t.co/y97EuPXAmG
Why cant Monaco play like Eibar or Brest?? https://t.co/wOHVQpWAoG
The 3 WORST Players vs AS Monaco https://t.co/RcO8yS5S7b
Messi is in his second season and is yet to score a single goal against ligue 1 top 5 teams..
- Marseille
- Lyon
- Monaco
- Rennes
- Nice
Monaco replaced Tchouameni with midfielder Mohamed Camara from RB Salzburg for โฌ15M or so two weeks ago. Great display vs PSG today. twitter.com/BruxoGuimaraesโฆ
Monaco have historically been very good against both the club and Galtier, and despite this we deserved the win anyway, canโt win them all 
Canโt wait for all the overractions for not winning all 38 league matches this year ๐ Monaco have historically been very good against both the club and Galtier, and despite this we deserved the win anyway, canโt win them all ๐ด๐ต
Messi is everywhere, been PSG's best player tonight comfortably
Neymar is currently the best penalty taker in the world.
a penalty scored by Neymar is more than just a penalty, it's art.
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the world cup is yours, my boy. @neymarjr
vamos!!!๐๐พ๐ฅ๐ง๐ท๐๐
Passing the ball to Messi does not require high intelligence, i promise you. Even Alba was able to do that. Try to do it you stupid twats @/psg
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Neymar wins the penalty and takes it for PSG.
What drama? ๐ โโ๏ธ
#PSG https://t.co/lnjvcXgp2F
PSG too are trying to make the farmers league look competitive lol
If Lionel Messi manages to drag this PSG team to any titles this season it will be greater than anything Cristiano Ronaldo has ever done
One game without vitinha and psg play horribleโฆ https://t.co/n45TYtUUhc
Mohamed Camara is literally dominating that PSG midfield of Renato Sanches and Verrati! Wow! What a baller
Messi fans laughed at Ronaldo for being benched just for him to get subbed off when PSG need a goal ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ
PSG being the agent of the devil today just like how Bayern & Sporting Lisbon were yesterday.
The job hard๐
PSG faced a proper Team tonight, their goat had to be subbed off. ๐คฃ
Despite only securing a 1-1 draw, the defending champions have regained top spot in the Ligue 1 charts. With 10 points from four games, the French giants are top of the leaderboard on goal difference at the moment. Both Olympique Marseille and Lens have also amassed 10 points from their four matches.
Neymar has been PSG's best player this season
Paris Saint-Germain have one of the most feared attacking trios in Europe at the moment. Neymar, however, has been the pick of the bunch this season for Christophe Galtier's side.
The Brazilian forward has been the club's best player both in terms of scoring goals and assisting. As things stand, the former FC Barcelona superstar has scored eight goals and provided six assists from just five games this season.
Games - 5
Goals - 8
Neymar has been on fire to start the season but PSG dropped their firsr points of the campaign against Monaco.
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Neymar has picked up form at the perfect time with the 2022 FIFA World Cup right around the corner. His current exploits in France could in-turn benefit Brazil in Qatar later this year as they aim to win their first FIFA World Cup since 2002.