Neymar once again proven his quality during the Champions League victory over Atalanta at Paris Saint-Germain, Gian Piero Gasperini said.
PSG produced an incredible late comeback to edge Atalanta 2-1 in the Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday.
Neymar set up Marquinhos’ equaliser in the 90th minute to cancel Mario Pasalic’s opener, before three minutes later Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting struck the winner.
Atalanta head coach Gasperini praised Neymar’s performance at the Estadio da Luz in Lisbon.
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“He is a player we paid a lot of attention to, because we saw that as soon as he had a little space, he would become very dangerous,” he told a news conference.
“Neymar is a fantastic football player, a crack. He’s also proven it [again], though I think we’ve managed to limit him quite a lot.
“Nevertheless, he proven he is a top player.”
Kylian Mbappe came off the bench for PSG on his return from an ankle injury and set up Choupo-Moting’s winner.
Once Kylian Mbappe enter football pattern changed and they start scoring which leads to winning 1-2 full time.
Gasperini said the France international’s introduction gave the Ligue 1 champions a huge boost.
“Without any doubt his entrance gave PSG some energy they were losing, at that moment,” he said.
“It was definitely a fundamental, important entrance, because of his accelerations and the dangers he caused. However, it seemed that the worst was over, that we had overcome it.
“Therefore, the goal we conceded, the equaliser especially, leaves us with great bitterness.”
And the proceed to the next stage of the composition.
