Paris Saint-Germain were given their greatest test yet this campaign but came through to claim a 12th successive Ligue 1 victory to set a new record for a winning streak at the beginning of one of the ‘Big five' European league seasons.
Neymar hit the winner in their 2-1 victory over Lille, and the Brazilian’s decisive contribution has pushed him to the top of the Opta Performance Index, which measures how well each player performed on a weekly basis out of 100.
No one in the division could top the 26-year-old’s tally of 96.3, which also included an assist for partner in crime Kylian Mbappe, whose terrific run of scoring form continued with a brilliant curling opener just as it seemed that PSG’s streak might stall.