Neymar makes racism allegation as game ends with five red cards

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The 28-year-old was one of five players sent off during the match at PSG’s home stadium, Parc des Princes, after a full-scale brawl broke out on the pitch in injury time.

The forward struck Marseille’s Spanish defender Álvaro González on the back of the head and was shown a straight red card by the referee.

As he left the pitch, the forward is believed to be telling the fourth official about an alleged incident of racist abuse — though later he did not directly name the alleged Marseille player involved.

In a series of tweets following the match, the Brazilian wrote: “The only regret I have is not hitting this idiot in the face.

“VAR catching my ‘aggression’ is easy … now I want to see the image of the racist who called me a ‘MONKEY SON OF A B*TCH.’ I’d really like that! If I do a ‘rainbow flick’ you punish me. For a slap, I’m sent off. And them? So what?”

González himself took to Twitter and seemed to deny any wrongdoing: “There is no place for racism. A clean career and with many teammates and friends on a day-to-day basis. Sometimes you have to learn how to lose and accept it on the field. Incredible three points today, Allez l’OM thank you family.”

PSG and Marseille players scuffle at the end of the Ligue 1 clash.

In post-match press conferences, both PSG manager Thomas Tuchel and Marseille manager André Villas-Boas stressed there was no place for racism in the game.

“Racism, in all societies, in football, in sport, in our lives, it can’t exist, that’s clear. But, honestly, I haven’t heard anything like that today, nor has the referee, of course,” said Tuchel.

Villas-Boas, meanwhile, added on the incident: “Neymar was a little bit annoyed with this situation, I hope there is nothing, I hope it won’t put darkness on this victory […] Alvaro is an experienced player. Obviously, there is no room for racism in football, but I don’t think that was the case.”

CNN did not immediately hear back from PSG, Marseille and Ligue 1 when contacted for comment.

Florian Thauvin scored the game’s only goal when he converted Dimitri Payet’s long free kick into the PSG box in the first half.

The heated affair ended with 14 cards being shown — five of which were red — as Marseille won at the Parc des Princes for the first time since February 2010.

Neymar (right) squares off with Dimitri Payet during Sunday's game.

As well as Neymar, PSG’s Layvin Kurzawa and Leandro Paredes and Marseille’s Jordan Amavi and Darío Benedetto were all dismissed as a result of the brawl in the game’s closing stages.

The result means PSG, which was beaten by Bayern Munich in last month’s Champions League final, is now 18th in Ligue 1, albeit after just two games, having lost to Lens in its season opener.

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