Edinson Cavani
Edinson Cavani became Paris St Germain's all-time top scorer and Neymar signalled his returned from injury with a double as the capital side extended their Ligue 1 lead to 11 points with a 4-0 home demolition of Montpellier on Saturday.
At the Parc des Princes, Montpellier entered the pitch with the best defence in the league with 15 goals conceded in 22 matches, but their back four were torn up by the home forwards.
Neymar scored the second goal for PSG from the spot in the 40th minute to hand PSG a two-goal lead into the break.
Kylian Mbappe was unavailable for the second match in succession due to a head injury while new signing Lassana Diarra also missed out, but the hosts were unaffected by their absence as a brace from Neymar and an Angel Di Maria goal earned a routine win at Parc des Princes.
The Uruguay worldwide took just 11 minutes of Saturda'ys Ligue 1 match against Montpellier to score his 157th goal for the club.
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He nearly grabbed number 158 just minutes later, but Portuguese defender Pedro Mendes managed to toe the ball away from the onrushing striker.
Neymar scored the last goal with his knee as he latched onto Cavani's cross eight minutes from time.
Neymar collected a long ball down field from Presnel Kimpembe before he threaded a through ball for Adrien Rabiot in the area, who drilled the ball across the six-yard box for the Uruguay worldwide to tap home and spark wild celebrations.
But PSG finished off the away side midway through the second period, as right-back Thomas Meunier raced clear before squaring for Argentinian Di Maria to pick out the bottom corner and score his seventh goal in 10 games.
The Brazilian has now scored 26 goals since joining from Barcelona in the close season.
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