Neymar in angry bust-up with PSG teammate after Real Madrid defeat

Neymar and Gianluigi Donnarumma had to be separated in Paris Saint-Germain’s dressing room following a heated exchange in the wake of their defeat to Real Madrid in the Champions League.

PSG looked on course to reach the quarter final after Kylian Mbappe gave Mauricio Pochettino’s side the lead in the first half of their second leg at the Santiago Bernabeu.

But a mistake from Donnarumma in the 61st minute gave Madrid hope of a revival as Karim Benzema equalised to make it 2-1 to PSG on aggregate.

Benzema then struck 15 minutes later to bring the aggregate score to 2-2 before the French striker completed his hat-trick with a brilliant first-time finish to send Carlo Ancelotti’s side through to the quarter final.

PSG reacted angrily to their Champions League exit, with the club’s president Nasser Al-Khelaifi breaking the assistant referee’s flag during his attempts to get inside the official’s room after the match.

And tensions were also running high inside PSG’s dressing room as Marca claim that Neymar and Donnarumma had to be pulled apart.

The report claims that the confrontation started as Neymar was angry with Donnarumma over his error for Benzema’s first goal.

However, Donnarumma is understood to have hit back at Neymar and pointed out that the Brazilian was at fault for losing the ball in the build up to Benzema’s second goal.

The exchange between the pair is said to have ‘escalated’ to a point where PSG’s players were needed to required to step in and separate the duo.

Speaking after the game, former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand said that PSG have a ‘near on impossible’ task of winning the Champions League because the team are carrying three ‘passengers’ in Neymar, Mbappe and Lionel Messi.

‘I think it’s up to the manager to create that culture [where the players don’t panic],’ Ferdinand told BT Sport.

‘But also this team, there have been massive egos, which is part of managing big clubs, and there are players that are genuine superstars.

‘You’ve got Mbappe, you’ve got Neymar, you’ve got Messi now in this team playing upfront. And each of those players are players that you would probably allow as a one-off in your team to be a passenger and you all work for that player.

‘To have three of them, makes it near on impossible to do it at the top level. You can do it and get away with it in the French league like they do every year, they win the league.

‘But at this level, to carry three players that aren’t gonna be able to work to the intensity that you probably need to win a tournament like the Champions League is very, very, very difficult.’

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