Joao Neves bags a spectacular hat-trick as PSG dominate Toulouse 6-3

PSG dominated Toulouse 6-3 on Matchday 3 of Ligue 1 McDonald's thanks to Ousmane Dembélé's brace while Joao Neves bagged a spectacular hat-trick.
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Paris Saint-Germain is taking on Toulouse FC on Matchday 3 of Ligue 1 McDonald's at the Stadium. Luis Enrique and his team perfectly started the season with two consecutive wins against Nantes and Angers and will look to extend their winning streak against a side that also secured two wins to start their league campaign.

For this game, the Spaniard tactician decided to completely change his centre-back pairing as Marquinhos and Willian Pacho are set to start on the bench while Lucas Beraldo and Illia Zabarnyi replace them in the heart of PSG's backline. Meanwhile, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia makes his return in the group after missing Paris' win over Angers last week, but will start the game on the bench.

Paris Saint-Germain's starting XI: Chevalier; Zabarnyi, Beraldo, Nuno Mendes , Hakimi; Fabian Ruiz, Vitinha, Neves; Bradley Barcola, Dembélé, Doué.

Toulouse's starting XI: Restes; Nicolaisen, Cresswell, McKenzie; Sidibe, Casseres, Sauer, Methalie; Donnum, Magri, Gboho.


Paris secure third consecutive league win in dominant fashion

Paris Saint-Germain put in a dominant display to secure a third consecutive league win against Toulouse as Joao Neves managed a spectacular hat-trick performance to lead his side to a 6-3 victory.

On their first opportunity in this game, PSG opened the score through Joao Neves inside seven minutes. The Portuguese international scored and unbelievable overhead kick to fire his side into the lead. Less than two minutes after Bradley Barcola made it 2-0 for the visitors, and scored his first goal this season (9'). The European Champions scored two quickfire goals to take complete command of the game.

Joao Neves he bagged a brace after 15 minutes, scoring another wonderful overhead kick to make it 3-0 for Luis Enrique's men against a powerless Toulouse side. A late challenge on Désiré Doué in the box gave the perfect opportunity to Ousmane Dembélé to score his first league goal of the season, an opportunity converted by the Frenchman who contributed to the dominant display of his side (31').

Lucas Chevalier was left powerless as the hosts cut into PSG's lead, despite making a superb first save, his defence failed to get the ball out of harms way and Creswell followed the rebound to score in the empty net (37'). Just before the break, Magri had the chance to make it 4-2 from the spot but was denied Chevalier. However, he was deemed to have stepped off his line and a second spot kick was awarded to Toulouse, which he saved once again in a phenomenal feat.

Coming off the break, Luis Enrique decided to make two changes with Pacho and Warren Zaire-Emery coming on for Vitinha and Nuno Mendes. Despite the changes, Paris remained dominant and were awarded a second penalty, which Ousmane Dembélé converted to give a 5-1 lead to his side (51').

Joao Neves bagged a spectacular hat-trick with a thunderous strike from outside the box leaving no chance to Restes. The Portuguese has delivered an amazing performance up to this point (78'). In the dying embers of the game, Toulouse scored two quickfire goals to make it 6-3 through Gboho (89') and substitute Alexis Vossah (90+1').

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