Awkward reality for feuding PSG megastars

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Tensions persist betwixt planetary shot superstars Kylian Mbappe and Neymar, contempt Paris Saint-Germain's impressive commencement to the Champions League radical stage.

Mbappe, 23, who has 7 goals successful 5 league games truthful far, scored a treble successful the archetypal 22 minutes of a 2-1 location triumph implicit Juventus to go the youngest subordinate to scope 35 goals successful the contention - beating the people held by teammate Lionel Messi.

It came aft Mbappe played down reports of a feud with Neymar pursuing their precocious illustration clash against Montpellier successful August.

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Tensions betwixt Mbappe, Neymar

Sergio Ramos reportedly had to abstracted the stars successful the dressing country aft Neymar stopped Mbappe from taking a punishment pursuing the Frenchman's earlier miss.

Neymar past went connected to 'like' societal media posts poking amusive astatine Mbappe's failure.

They were capable to enactment immoderate idiosyncratic issues speech connected the transportation connected Wednesday (AEST) though Australian shot newsman Adriano Del Monte said it remained a large talking point.

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"There has been a displacement successful the cohesion," Del Monte said connected Stan Sport from the Parc de Princes sidelines.

"I bash consciousness determination is simply a greater synergy successful the trio up top, they're enjoying their football. We bash cognize immoderate of the off-field stories though, that person taken spot disconnected the pitch.

"Neymar and Mbappe, their narration has travel nether fire. And I tin archer you, I did observe connected 2 oregon 3 occasions, erstwhile Mbappe did person Neymar successful a overmuch amended scoring presumption and didn't play him in.

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"I felt that Neymar was looking for Mbappe a small much than Mbappe for Neymar. But I deliberation Lionel Messi is the cardinal there.

"His stats, his numbers successful Ligue 1 truthful acold person been spectacular.

"His cardinal passes into the last third, his assistance numbers arsenic good - they're good and genuinely up.

"If arguably the top of each clip is astatine the apical of his crippled past I deliberation this Paris Saint-Germain squad are 1 of the apical 2 favourites to triumph the contention this season.

"At their champion they're going to beryllium precise hard to stop.

"Them, alongside Manchester City - with afloat respect to the defending champions successful Real Madrid - I deliberation it's a conflict betwixt those 2 astatine the apical for favouritism."

MBAPPE SINKS JUVE

Mbappe's opening extremity for PSG came aft conscionable 5 minutes pursuing immoderate audacious link-up play from Neymar.

Mbappe played a abbreviated walk to the Brazilian earlier making a tally into the area, with Neymar holding onto the shot conscionable agelong capable earlier chipping it implicit a defender and into the way of the France striker, who volleyed it archetypal clip past goalkeeper Mattia Perin.

The 2nd came aft helium exchanged passes with Achraf Hakimi and bushed Perin with different archetypal clip finish.

United States midfielder Weston McKennie pulled 1 backmost for Juventus successful the 53rd, creating a tense finale successful Paris.

In the different Group H match, Benfica defeated a Maccabi Haifa broadside featuring Australian Nikita Rukavtysya 2-0.

CHELSEA STRUGGLES

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang couldn't springiness Chelsea's stuttering onslaught immoderate benignant of instant spark arsenic the Blues failed to impressment erstwhile again successful a 1-0 nonaccomplishment to Dinamo Zagreb pursuing an inconsistent commencement to the season.

Aubameyang made his Chelsea debut aft his determination from Barcelona, playing with a look disguise to support his injured jaw, and had 1 extremity ruled retired for offside portion his teammates repeatedly failed to bushed goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic.

Instead it was Mislav Orsic who continued his scoring streak against English teams, racing distant from Wesley Fofana — different of Chelsea's marquee signings — to people connected a breakaway successful the 13th minute.

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"It's an underperformance from us," said Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel, whose squad has mislaid doubly successful the Premier League already.

"We are intelligibly not determination wherever we request to be... astatine the infinitesimal everything is missing."

Noah Okafor enactment Salzburg up against Milan adjacent the fractional hr people by shooting done the legs of goalkeeper Mike Maignan, but Alexis Saelemaekers equalised earlier the break.

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Rafael Leao past astir won it for Milan successful stoppage clip erstwhile helium had a changeable deflected disconnected the post.

US planetary Sergino Dest came connected successful the 57th infinitesimal successful the 1-1 gully for his Milan debut pursuing his transportation past week from Barcelona.

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CITY ROLLS IN SPAIN

Erik Haaland could good beryllium the portion that Manchester City has been missing arsenic it repeatedly came up abbreviated successful Europe nether Pep Guardiola.

The Norwegian again showed his uncanny quality to beryllium successful the close spot astatine the close clip arsenic helium was connected manus to steer successful a transverse from Kevin De Bruyne successful the 21st infinitesimal and past tapped successful a rebound for the 3rd extremity successful the 67th.

Phil Foden and Ruben Dias scored the different goals for City successful a ascendant 4-0 triumph implicit Sevilla astatine Estadio Ramon Saanchez-Pizjuan.

Also successful Group G, Marco Reus took his tally to 22 goals successful 57 Champions League matches by opening the scoring successful Borussia Dortmund's 3-0 triumph implicit Mat Ryan's Copenhagen.

US planetary Gio Reyna acceptable up the different 2 goals for Dortmund, exchanging passes with English teen Jude Bellingham successful a slick determination for the third.

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HAZARD STEPS UP

If Karim Benzema has to miss important clip for Real Madrid, Eden Hazard signalled that helium whitethorn beryllium acceptable to prime up immoderate of the slack.

The Belgium playmaker — who was connected the seat earlier replacing Benzema — acceptable up the archetypal 2 goals before scoring himself successful a 3-0 triumph against Celtic.

It was his archetypal Champions League extremity successful 651 days and archetypal successful immoderate contention since January.

Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti was hopeful that Benzema volition beryllium backmost soon, though.

"It seems not truthful serious," Ancelotti said astir the striker's injury.

Callum McGregor had astir enactment Celtic up successful the archetypal fractional erstwhile helium struck a fierce changeable against the station successful the 21st minute.

In the different Group F game, Maryan Shved scored doubly arsenic Ukrainian nine Shakhtar Donetsk bushed RB Leipzig 4-1.

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Shakhtar's home play lone precocious started aft a lengthy interruption due to the fact that of Russia's penetration but the squad got immoderate assistance from Leipzig goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi for the archetypal goal.

Gulacsi made the blunder of the evening by giving the shot distant to Shved arsenic helium stood good extracurricular his ain area, giving the midfielder a elemental decorativeness into an bare net.

Leipzig leveled with a extremity by French defender Mohamed Simakan successful the 57th but Shved restored the pb 1 infinitesimal later.

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