Paris Saint-Germain midfielder João Neves joined an illustrious club on Saturday after producing an astounding hat-trick in a 6–3 victory over Toulouse in Ligue 1.
After 1–0 wins over Nantes and Angers to start their title defence, PSG produced an attacking performance more fitting of their unbelievable talent in their nine-goal thriller with Toulouse as they maintained a perfect start to the campaign.
Bradley Barcola scored PSG’s second of the evening and Ousmane Dembélé bagged twice from the penalty spot in a convincing victory, but it was Neves who stole the show with a staggering display.
The Portuguese produced not one but two overhead kicks in the opening 14 minutes of the match as PSG raced into a three-goal lead, twice hooking the ball beyond Guillaume Restes with his back to goal. He completed his hat-trick in the 78th minute as he rattled home a screamer from 25 yards into the top corner.
An exceptional trio of efforts unsurprisingly scooped him the Player of the Match award, and an even greater honour was bestowed upon him after the match as he was handed a perfect 10 rating from French news outlet.
