Neymar angry at Mbappe for not passing him the ball during PSG win

Neymar was fuming with Kylian Mbappe for not passing to him during Paris Saint-Germain’s 2-1 victory over Juventus in the Champions League.

The two superstars linked up brilliantly to combine for PSG’s two goals in the first half, with Mbappe scoring both beautifully.

But it was a moment in the second half that also got people talking.

Mbappe was played through by Lionel Messi and closed in on goal looking for a hat-trick. However, there was also the simple opportunity to slide the ball across to Neymar who would have had an open goal.

But Mbappe went for glory and sliced his effort horribly wide.

It left Neymar fuming with him as he screamed for a pass.

Take a look:

VIDEO: Neymar fuming with Mbappe for not passing to him

You can understand why Mbappe went for glory but you can also understand why Neymar was angry.

Fortunately, it didn’t cost PSG the match as they held out for a narrow victory in the end.

Mbappe talks about his relationship with Neymar

Interestingly, Mbappe talked about his relationship with Neymar before the clash against Juventus.

“To talk about Neymar, this is the sixth year, I think we’ve always had a relationship like this based on respect,” Mbappe told reporters.

“But we’ve always had moments like this where sometimes we’ve had moments that were a bit colder and moments that were a bit hotter.

“There are times, you’ll see, when we’re the best of friends and sometimes we don’t talk so much, it’s the nature of our relationship that’s like that.

“But there is a lot of respect, I have a lot of respect for the player he is, the player he represents and the importance he has in our team.

“Afterwards, when you have two players with a strong character like that, life is not linear, it’s sure that sometimes things happen but it always remains in the respect and in the interest of PSG.”

Asked who would take a penalty were PSG to win one against Juventus, Mbappe added: “We’ll see, we’ll see, there’s always a discussion, we have to see how it goes during the match.

“I think we’re not both closed [to discuss it]. If the match makes it Neymar who shoots, it will be Neymar who shoots, if the match makes it me who shoots, it will be me who shoots, there’s no problem on that.

“Number one doesn’t mean that you take all the penalties. I don’t think that exists in any club, even less when you play with three players like that.

“You have to know how to share the cake and feel, it’s a question of feeling, and also know how to put water in your wine. We’ll see tomorrow but there’s no problem with that.”

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