Paris party on with big victory

Paris, April 22

Neymar joined the Paris Saint-Germain title party on Sunday when he made his first appearance since January as Kylian Mbappe swept aside Monaco with a hat-trick in a 3-1 win for the newly-crowned Ligue 1 champions.

Mbappe took his league tally for the season to 30 following his treble, which came just hours after PSG were crowned champions for the sixth time in seven years when closest challengers Lille dropped points.

Neymar’s return at the start of the second half replacing Layvin Kurzawa is the cherry on the cake for Thomas Tuchel’s side, which had been without the Brazilian superstar since January 23 due to a right foot injury.

Edinson Cavani also returned to action as a second-half substitute and had a late strike correctly ruled out for offside, meaning that PSG’s famed front three are back together after months apart.

PSG players took the field wearing shirts with a large image of Notre Dame replacing the usual sponsor’s logo. — AFP