MONACO TWICE CAME from behind to claim a 3-3 draw in a Ligue 1 thriller against Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes this evening.
Gelson Martins swiftly cancelled out Neymar’s early opener and Thomas Tuchel’s men were behind to a fine Wissam Ben Yedder goal by the time the world’s most expensive player forced a Fode Ballo-Toure own goal.
Neymar’s penalty put leaders PSG ahead at the break but substitute Islam Slimani came up with a VAR-assisted leveller.
The remarkable first half burst into life inside three minutes as Neymar darted on to Marco Verratti’s lofted pass to coolly finish.
Monaco refused to be cowed and Gelson slotted into an unguarded net four minutes later when Keylor Navas brought down Ben Yedder and play was allowed to continue.
Keita Balde was then booked for simulation inside the PSG area but was involved in a superb Monaco second, exchanging one-twos with Aleksandr Golovin down the left before finding Ben Yedder to brilliantly beat Juan Bernat and fire home.
Navas saved with his boot to stop Balde making it 3-1 and that moment seemingly shocked PSG back into life. Ballo-Toure turned Neymar’s shot from Angel Di Maria’s pass into his own net and it was all square once more.