PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN fans praised Neymar but slammed Lionel Messi after Tuesday’s loss to Bayern Munich.
Christophe Galtier’s men lost 1-0 to Bayern at Parc des Princes after former PSG star Kingsley Coman’s winner on 53 minutes.
Despite the result, a number of the French champions’ supporters sang Neymar’s praises.
But some were not happy with Messi’s performance in their first leg of the Champions League Last 16.
This comes after a clip went viral showing the Brazil international pressing the German champions’ defence and chasing the ball.
But the Argentina captain was nowhere to be found as he was sitting way back while Neymar was going after Yann Sommer and his back three.
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One PSG fan tweeted: “Messi nowhere to be found. Much respect for Neymar who actually cares can’t even blame him.”
Another commented: “Messi doesn’t care anymore, he think [sic] in PSG they will carry him too, but unfortunately there is no [Kylian] Mbappe.”
A third said: “This is what I mean about Messi’s workrate [sic] when pressing.”
This fan posted: “Neymar needs to stop this Messi service. He is trying to make him relevant and in doing so is ruining his own reputation.”
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And that one tweeted: “This alone made him [Neymar] my man of the match.”
But of course there were also PSG fans who rushed to Messi’s defence insisting they were happy with his performance as he wasn’t to blame for the defeat.
Neymar, however, was also congratulated for taking the initiative to greet the PSG ultras at full-time despite the disappointing result.
The forward was also the one who beckoned Messi to accompany him.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
