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Neymar strikes twice as PSG win at Old Trafford

EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: RESENDING WITH ENGLISH TRANSCRIPTIONS AND SCRIPT. FRENCH TRANSLATIONS TO FOLLOW.

VIDEO SHOWS: POST MATCH NEWS CONFERENCES WITH MANCHESTER UNITED COACH OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER AND PARIS ST GERMAN COACH THOMAS TUCHEL AFTER PSG BEAT MAN UNITED 3-1 IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE / STILLS HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MATCH

SHOWS:

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (DECEMBER 2, 2020) (REUTERS STILLS VIA ACTION IMAGES - ACCESS ALL) (MUTE)

1. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF PARIS ST GERMAIN'S NEYMAR IN ACTION WITH MANCHESTER UNITED'S FRED AND SCOTT McTOMINAY

2. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF NEYMAR SCORING THEIR FIRST GOAL OF THE NIGHT

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3. (SOUNDBITE) (French) PARIS ST GERMAN COACH, THOMAS TUCHEL, SAYING:

"(Translation to follow)."

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4. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF PARIS ST GERMAIN'S, MARQUINHOS, SCORING THEIR SECOND GOAL

5. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF TUCHEL DURING THE MATCH

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6. (SOUNDBITE) (French) PARIS ST GERMAN COACH, THOMAS TUCHEL, SAYING:

"(Translation to follow)."

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7. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF PARIS ST GERMAIN'S, LEANDRO PAREDES, ON THE GROUND AS NEYMAR CLASHES WITH FRED

8. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF REFEREE SHOWING FRED A YELLOW CARD

9. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF FRED FOLLOWING PARIS ST GERMAIN'S ANDER HERRERA FOR WHICH HE IS LATER SENT OFF

10. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF NEYMAR REACTING FOLLOWING THE FOUL

11. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF REFEREE SHOWING FRED HIS SECOND YELLOW CARD

12. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF REFEREE SHOWING FRED (NOT PICTURED) A RED CARD

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13. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MANCHESTER UNITED COACH, OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER, ON FRED'S RED CARD, SAYING:

"Yeah, we spoke to him (Fred) at halftime and be sensible, and I thought he was. I thought he played really well. I thought he was very, very sensible in the second half and he covers the ground. He gets up to men without trying to tackle. The ball that he actually gets a yellow card for, though, the tackle, that's nowhere near a foul. So, if you see that again, that's a mistake by the referee. But that's also human error. It's allowed. I can't sit there and complain about that now. I thought Fred was unlucky there, but he was probably lucky enough to come off the first half."

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14. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF MANCHESTER UNITED'S, MARCUS RASHFORD, SCORING THEIR ONLY GOAL OF THE NIGHT

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15. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MANCHESTER UNITED COACH, OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER, ON GROUP STANDINGS, SAYING:

"We know that destiny is in our own hands. We know that we play against a good team (RB Leipzig), obviously, Leipzig in the semi-finals last year, but we are developing into a better team as well. And tonight, very pleased with the performance apart from - of course, they were more clinical. We need to be clinical in these types of games. Big games, most of the time are decided by fine margins and today they were against us."

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16. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF SOLSKJAER LOOKING DEJECTED ON THE PITCH

17. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF NEYMAR CELEBRATING SCORING HIS SECOND GOAL, PSG'S THIRD, WITH TEAM MATES

18. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF PSG PLAYERS CELEBRATING ON PITCH FOLLOWING WIN

STORY: Brazilian Neymar scored twice and his compatriot Fred was sent off as Paris St Germain beat 10-man Manchester United 3-1 at Old Trafford on Wednesday (December 2) to throw Champions League Group H wide open.

United, PSG and RB Leipzig all on nine points heading into next week's final round of games in which the English side go to the German club and the French champions host Istanbul Basaksehir.

Neymar fired PSG into a sixth-minute lead after a Kylian Mbappe shot was deflected and fell kindly to the former Barcelona forward who drilled the ball into the bottom corner.

United drew level in the 32nd minute through a Marcus Rashford shot which deflected off the outstretched leg of Danilo to beat PSG keeper Keylor Navas.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side created several good chances after the break with Edinson Cavani hitting the bar but PSG grabbed the win when Marquinhos poked home in the 69th minute after a drive into the box had been diverted to him by Abdou Diallo.

United's difficulties intensified when, a minute later, midfielder Fred was sent off for a second yellow card and Neymar added the third in stoppage time after a counter-attack.

(Production: Kurt Michael Hall)